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1988 AHSME Problem 25
X, Y and Z are pairwise disjoint sets of people. The average ages of people in the sets X, Y, Z, X \cup Y, X \cup Z and Y \cup Z are 37, 23, 41, 29, 39.5 and 33 respectively. Find the average age of the people in set X \cup Y \cup Z.
\textbf{(A)}\ 33\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 33.5\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 33.6\overline{6}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 33.83\overline{3}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 34
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