2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 2

The following problem is from both the 2021 AMC 10B #4 and 2021 AMC 12B #2, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

At a math contest, $57$ students are wearing blue shirts, and another $75$ students are wearing yellow shirts. The $132$ students are assigned into $66$ pairs. In exactly $23$ of these pairs, both students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both students wearing yellow shirts?

$\textbf{(A)} ~23 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~32 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~37 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~41 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~64$

Solution

There are $46$ students paired with a blue partner. The other $11$ students wearing blue shirts must each be paired with a partner wearing a shirt of the opposite color. There are $64$ students remaining. Therefore the requested number of pairs is $\tfrac{64}{2}=\boxed{\textbf{(B)} ~32}$ ~Punxsutawney Phil

Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpvS2PVkI8A&t=55s

Video Solution by OmegaLearn (System of Equations)

https://youtu.be/hyYg62tT0sY

~ pi_is_3.14

Video Solution by Hawk Math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwxbsuSQ80

Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath

https://youtu.be/gLahuINjRzU?t=626

https://youtu.be/EMzdnr1nZcE?t=154

~IceMatrix

Video Solution by Interstigation

https://youtu.be/DvpN56Ob6Zw?t=286

~Interstigation

Video Solution by WhyMath

https://youtu.be/JOc-5A9Q9Ic

~savannahsolver

Video Solution (Under 2 min!)

https://youtu.be/5yCyXUnTu5Y

~Education, the Study of Everything

See Also

2021 AMC 12B (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 1
Followed by
Problem 3
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions
2021 AMC 10B (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 3
Followed by
Problem 5
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions

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