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| − | <math>\frac{2}{5} | + | At Olympic High School, <math>\frac{2}{5}</math> of the freshmen and <math>\frac{4}{5}</math> of the sophomores took the AMC-10. Given that the number of freshmen and sophomore contestants was the same, which of the following must be true? |
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| − | There are twice as many freshman as sophomores. | + | <math>\textbf{(A)}</math> There are five times as many sophomores as freshmen. |
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| + | <math>\textbf{(B)}</math> There are twice as many sophomores as freshmen. | ||
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| + | <math>\textbf{(C)}</math> There are as many freshmen as sophomores. | ||
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| + | <math>\textbf{(D)}</math> There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores. | ||
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| + | <math>\textbf{(E)}</math> There are five times as many freshmen as sophomores. | ||
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| + | ==Solution== | ||
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| + | Let <math>f</math> be the number of freshman and <math>s</math> be the number of sophomores. | ||
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| + | <math>\frac{2}{5}f=\frac{4}{5}s</math> | ||
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| + | <math>2f = 4s</math> | ||
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| + | <math>f=2s</math> | ||
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| + | There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores. | ||
| + | <math>\boxed{\text{D}}</math> | ||
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| + | ==Video Solution by Daily Dose of Math== | ||
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| + | https://youtu.be/qFwbXU-guuA?si=Lm84VudzdQPJ301d | ||
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| + | ~Thesmartgreekmathdude | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | {{AMC10 box|year=2000|num-b=7|num-a=9}} | ||
| + | {{MAA Notice}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Introductory Number Theory Problems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:41, 14 July 2024
Problem
At Olympic High School, 
of the freshmen and 
of the sophomores took the AMC-10. Given that the number of freshmen and sophomore contestants was the same, which of the following must be true?
There are five times as many sophomores as freshmen.
There are twice as many sophomores as freshmen.
There are as many freshmen as sophomores.
There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores.
There are five times as many freshmen as sophomores.
Solution
Let 
be the number of freshman and 
be the number of sophomores.
There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores.
Video Solution by Daily Dose of Math
https://youtu.be/qFwbXU-guuA?si=Lm84VudzdQPJ301d
~Thesmartgreekmathdude
See Also
| 2000 AMC 10 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 7 |
Followed by Problem 9 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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