2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 10

Problem

The first AMC $8$ was given in $1985$ and it has been given annually since that time. Samantha turned $12$ years old the year that she took the seventh AMC $8$ . In what year was Samantha born?

$\textbf{(A) }1979\qquad\textbf{(B) }1980\qquad\textbf{(C) }1981\qquad\textbf{(D) }1982\qquad \textbf{(E) }1983$

Solution

The seventh AMC 8 would have been given in $1991$ . If Samantha was 12 then, that means she was born 12 years ago, so she was born in $1991-12=1979$ .

Our answer is $\boxed{(\text{A})1979.}$

Solution 2

Since she was 12 when she took the seventh AMC 8, she should be $12-(7-1)=12-6=6$ years old when the first AMC 8 occurred. Therefore, she was born or was 'age 0' in $1985-6=\boxed{\left(\text{A}\right)1979}$ .

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