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Every week Roger pays for a movie ticket and a soda out of his allowance. Last week, Roger's allowance was <math>A</math> dollars. The cost of his movie ticket was <math>20\%</math> of the difference between <math>A</math> and the cost of his soda, while the cost of his soda was <math>5\%</math> of the difference between <math>A</math> and the cost of his movie ticket. To the nearest whole percent, what fraction of <math>A</math> did Roger pay for his movie ticket and soda? | Every week Roger pays for a movie ticket and a soda out of his allowance. Last week, Roger's allowance was <math>A</math> dollars. The cost of his movie ticket was <math>20\%</math> of the difference between <math>A</math> and the cost of his soda, while the cost of his soda was <math>5\%</math> of the difference between <math>A</math> and the cost of his movie ticket. To the nearest whole percent, what fraction of <math>A</math> did Roger pay for his movie ticket and soda? | ||
| − | <math> \mathrm{(A) \ }9\%\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 19\%\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 22\%\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 23\%\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }25\%</math> | + | <math> \mathrm{\bold{(A)} \ }9\%\qquad \mathrm{\bold{(B)} \ } 19\%\qquad \mathrm{\bold{(C)} \ } 22\%\qquad \mathrm{\bold{(D)} \ } 23\%\qquad \mathrm{\bold{(E)} \ }25\%</math> |
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Problem
Every week Roger pays for a movie ticket and a soda out of his allowance. Last week, Roger's allowance was 
dollars. The cost of his movie ticket was 
of the difference between and the cost of his soda, while the cost of his soda was 
of the difference between and the cost of his movie ticket. To the nearest whole percent, what fraction of did Roger pay for his movie ticket and soda?
Solution
Let 
= cost of movie ticket
Let 
= cost of soda
We can create two equations:
Substituting we get:
which yields:
Now we can find s and we get:
Since we want to find what fraction of did Roger pay for his movie ticket and soda, we add and to get:
See Also
| 2017 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 15 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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