Question

the minimum age of children to be eligible to participate in a painting competition is 8 years it is observed that the age of youngest boy was 8 years and the ages of rest of participants are having a common difference of 4 months if the sum of Ages of all the participants is 168 years find the age of oldest participant in the painting competition.

Answer 1

I guess 42 is the age of the oldest participant

Answer 2

I guess 14 is the answer