The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older . If the ages of these two are excluded, the average , the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. what is the average age of the whole team?

Correct Answer: 23 years
Let the average age of the whole team by x years 11x - ( 26 + 29) = 9 ( x - 1) 2x = 46 x = 23