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QAccording to Varun, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His father believes that Varun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg, and his sister thinks that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all of these estimations are correct, what is the average of the different possible weights of Varun?
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The average of the different possible weights of Varun is 67 kg.
To find this, we can use the following steps:
Let Varun's weight be X kg.
According to Varun, 65 <
According to Varun's sister, X <= 68.
The different possible weights of Varun, or the values that satisfy all of these conditions, are 66, 67, and 68.
The average of these weights is (66 + 67 + 68) / 3 = 201 / 3 = 67 kg.
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