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2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 12

Problem

Jim keeps 90 guppies in 4 fish tanks.

  • There is 1 more guppy in the 2nd tank than in the 1st tank.
  • There are 2 more guppies in the 3rd tank than in the 2nd tank.
  • There are 3 more guppies in the 4th tank than in the 3rd tank.

How many guppies are in the 4th tank?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 20 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 21 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 23 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 24 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 26$

Solution 1

Let $x$ denote the number of guppies in the first tank.

Then, we have the following for the number of guppies in the rest of the tanks:

  • $x + 1 =$ the number of guppies in the second tank
  • $x + 1 + 2 =$ the number of guppies in the third tank
  • $x + 1 + 2 + 3 =$ the number of guppies in the fourth tank

The number of guppies in all of the tanks combined is 90, so we can write the equation

$x + x + 1 + x + 1 + 2 + x + 1 + 2 + 3 = 90$.

Simplifying the equation gives

$4x + 10 = 90$.

Solving the resulting equation gives $x = 20$, so the number of guppies in the fourth tank is $20 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 26$.

Therefore, the correct answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(E)}\ 26}$.

- C. Ren ~andliu766 (Minor edits)

Solution 2

Suppose there are no guppies in the first tank.

Then, the number of guppies in the other tanks are $1,3,$ and $6,$ or $10$ guppies in total.

We need to add $90 - 10 = 80$ guppies into $4$ tanks or $20$ guppies in each tank.

So the number of guppies in the fourth tank is $20 + 6 = \boxed{\textbf{(E)}\ 26}.$

vladimir.shelomovskii@gmail.com, vvsss

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See Also

2024 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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Problem 13
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