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Age 11 to 14 Short Challenge Level:
The sum of the ages of 5 teachers is 190.
The mean age of the teachers is 10 years greater than the median age. The modal age is 5 years less than the median age. One of the teachers is 56 years old.
How old are the other teachers?
This problem is taken from the World Mathematics Championships
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