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The ratio of Mary's age to Alice's age is <math>3:5</math>. Alice is <math>30</math> years old. How old is Mary? | The ratio of Mary's age to Alice's age is <math>3:5</math>. Alice is <math>30</math> years old. How old is Mary? | ||
<math>\ | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 24\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 50</math> | ||
== Solution == | == Solution 1 == | ||
Let <math>m</math> be Mary's age. Then <math>\frac{m}{30}=\frac{3}{5}</math>. Solving for <math>m</math>, we obtain <math>m=18</math>. | Let <math>m</math> be Mary's age. Then <math>\frac{m}{30}=\frac{3}{5}</math>. Solving for <math>m</math>, we obtain <math>m=\boxed{\textbf{(B) }18}.</math> | ||
==Solution 2== | |||
We can see this is a combined ratio of <math>8</math>, <math>(5+3)</math>. We can equalize by doing <math>30\div5=6</math>, and <math>6\cdot3=\boxed{\textbf{(B) }18}</math>. With the common ratio of <math>8</math> and difference ratio of <math>6</math>, we see <math>6\cdot8=30+18</math>. Therefore, we can see our answer is correct. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
{{AMC12 box|year=2006|ab=A|num-b=2|num-a=4}} | {{AMC12 box|year=2006|ab=A|num-b=2|num-a=4}} | ||
{{AMC10 box|year=2006|ab=A|num-b=2|num-a=4}} | {{AMC10 box|year=2006|ab=A|num-b=2|num-a=4}} | ||
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[[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]] | [[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:30, 16 December 2021
- The following problem is from both the 2006 AMC 12A #3 and 2006 AMC 10A #3, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
The ratio of Mary's age to Alice's age is 
. Alice is 
years old. How old is Mary?
Solution 1
Let 
be Mary's age. Then 
. Solving for , we obtain 
Solution 2
We can see this is a combined ratio of 
, 
. We can equalize by doing 
, and 
. With the common ratio of and difference ratio of 
, we see 
. Therefore, we can see our answer is correct.
See also
| 2006 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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