2009 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21

Problem

Andy and Bethany have a rectangular array of numbers with $40$ rows and $75$ columns. Andy adds the numbers in each row. The average of his $40$ sums is $A$ . Bethany adds the numbers in each column. The average of her $75$ sums is $B$ . What is the value of $\frac{A}{B}$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{64}{225} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{8}{15} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{15}{8} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{225}{64}$

Solution

First, note that $40A=75B=\text{sum of the numbers in the array}$ . Solving for $\frac{A}{B}$ , we get $\frac{75}{40} =\frac{15}{8} =\frac{A}{B}$ . $\boxed{\text{D}}$ .

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2009 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21

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