2004 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1
- The following problem is from both the 2004 AMC 12A #1 and 2004 AMC 10A #3, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Alicia earns 20 dollars per hour, of which is deducted to pay local taxes. How many cents per hour of Alicia's wages are used to pay local taxes?
Solution
dollars is the same as cents, and of is cents. .
Alternate Solution
Since there can't be decimal values of cents, the answer must be .
~MathKatana
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See also
2004 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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