1987 AJHSME Problems/Problem 18
Contents
[hide]Problem
Half the people in a room left. One third of those remaining started to dance. There were then people who were not dancing. The original number of people in the room was
Solution
Let the original number of people in the room be . Half of them left, so of them are left in the room.
After that, one third of this group is dancing, so people are not dancing.
This is given to be , so
Solution #2
First note that of the people remaining in the room, are not dancing. Therefore of the original amount of people in the room is . The answer is .
See Also
1987 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 17 |
Followed by Problem 19 | |
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 AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions |
The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions.