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I took the sum of all of my current ages (43), and divided it by the number of current ages (1). It was simple enough that I could do it in my head.

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Re^4: Average Age of the Perl Monk - Poll?
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Apr 21, 2005 at 22:14 UTC
    merlyn,
    Alternatively, your average age could be 22. Take the sum of all your ages and divide by the number of ages. 
    print ave_age( 43 );
sub ave_age { ($_[0] * $_[0] + $_[0]) / 2 / $_[0] }

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    Incidently, my average age using this formula is 14.5 which assumes you were never 0 years old.

    Cheers - L~R

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