diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/Rating.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/Rating.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4d0276256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/Rating.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Rating {
+
+    double points;
+    List<Review> reviews = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public Rating() {}
+
+    public void add(Review review) {
+        reviews.add(review);
+        computeRating();
+    }
+
+    private double computeRating() {
+        double totalPoints = reviews.stream().map(Review::getPoints).reduce(0, Integer::sum);
+        this.points = totalPoints / reviews.size();
+        return this.points;
+    }
+
+    public static Rating average(Rating r1, Rating r2) {
+        Rating combined = new Rating();
+        combined.reviews = new ArrayList<>(r1.reviews);
+        combined.reviews.addAll(r2.reviews);
+        combined.computeRating();
+        return combined;
+    }
+
+    public double getPoints() {
+        return points;
+    }
+
+    public List<Review> getReviews() {
+        return reviews;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/Review.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/Review.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03cde8a9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/Review.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities;
+
+public class Review {
+
+    int points;
+    String review;
+
+    public Review(int points, String review) {
+        this.points = points;
+        this.review = review;
+    }
+
+    public int getPoints() {
+        return points;
+    }
+
+    public void setPoints(int points) {
+        this.points = points;
+    }
+
+    public String getReview() {
+        return review;
+    }
+
+    public void setReview(String review) {
+        this.review = review;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/User.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/User.java
index 39a42beab7..20c12d7920 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/User.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/entities/User.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ public class User {
 
     private final String name;
     private final int age;
+    private final Rating rating = new Rating();
 
     public User(String name, int age) {
         this.name = name;
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ public class User {
     public int getAge() {
         return age;
     }
-    
+
+    public Rating getRating() {
+        return rating;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "User{" + "name=" + name + ", age=" + age + '}';
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/tests/StreamReduceManualTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/tests/StreamReduceManualTest.java
index 0bf1a5837e..602bdd069e 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/tests/StreamReduceManualTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/streamreduce/tests/StreamReduceManualTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.baeldung.streamreduce.tests;
 
+import com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities.Rating;
+import com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities.Review;
 import com.baeldung.streamreduce.entities.User;
 import com.baeldung.streamreduce.utilities.NumberUtils;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -64,6 +66,31 @@ public class StreamReduceManualTest {
         assertThat(result).isEqualTo(65);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenUserList_whenReduceWithGreaterAgeAccumulator_thenFindsOldest() {
+        List<User> users = Arrays.asList(new User("John", 30), new User("Alex", 40), new User("Julie", 35));
+
+        User oldest = users.stream().reduce(users.get(0), (user1, user2) -> user1.getAge() >= user2.getAge() ? user1 : user2);
+
+        assertThat(oldest).isEqualTo(users.get(1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUserListWithRatings_whenReduceWithGreaterAgeAccumulator_thenFindsOldest() {
+        User john = new User("John", 30);
+        john.getRating().add(new Review(5, ""));
+        john.getRating().add(new Review(3, "not bad"));
+        User julie = new User("Julie", 35);
+        john.getRating().add(new Review(4, "great!"));
+        john.getRating().add(new Review(2, "terrible experience"));
+        john.getRating().add(new Review(4, ""));
+        List<User> users = Arrays.asList(john, julie);
+
+        Rating averageRating = users.stream().reduce(new Rating(), (rating, user) -> Rating.average(rating, user.getRating()), Rating::average);
+
+        assertThat(averageRating.getPoints()).isEqualTo(3.6);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void givenStringList_whenReduceWithParallelStream_thenCorrect() {
         List<String> letters = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c", "d", "e");
diff --git a/parent-java/pom.xml b/parent-java/pom.xml
index fd3028680d..5b8b7ceb9b 100644
--- a/parent-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-java/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>