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Find oldest student

Return the oldest student in the students table.

SCHEMA

students

+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| student_id | first_name | last_name | age | class_code |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| 1          | Mike       | Chaplin   | 12  | 7A         |
| 2          | Emily      | Jackson   | 12  | 7A         |
| 3          | Robert     | Jackson   | 12  | 7A         |
| ...        | ...        | ...       | ... | ...        |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
EXPECTED OUTPUT
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| student_id | first_name | last_name | age | class_code |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| 47         | Usman      | Jones     | 19  | 8A         |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+

Use ORDER BY to sort the students by age.

Use LIMIT to specify the number of rows you want to show. For example, appending LIMIT 5 to the end of your query will result in the first five rows being returned.

SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY age DESC LIMIT 1

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