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The sum of their opponent's scores is <math>2 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 5 = \boxed{\textbf{(C) }45}</math>
 
The sum of their opponent's scores is <math>2 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 5 = \boxed{\textbf{(C) }45}</math>
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==Video Solution==
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vf843cvVzo?t=91
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~sugar_rush
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

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Problem

A softball team played ten games, scoring $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$, and $10$ runs. They lost by one run in exactly five games. In each of their other games, they scored twice as many runs as their opponent. How many total runs did their opponents score?


$\textbf{(A)}\ 35 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 40 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 55$

Solution

We know that, for the games where they scored an odd number of runs, they cannot have scored twice as many runs as their opponents, as odd numbers are not divisible by $2$. Thus, from this, we know that the five games where they lost by one run were when they scored $1$, $3$, $5$, $7$, and $9$ runs, and the others are where they scored twice as many runs. We can make the following chart:

$\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline Them & Opponent \\ \hline 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 4 \\ 4 & 2 \\ 5 & 6 \\ 6 & 3 \\ 7 & 8 \\ 8 & 4 \\ 9 & 10 \\ 10 & 5 \\ \hline \end{tabular}$

The sum of their opponent's scores is $2 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 5 = \boxed{\textbf{(C) }45}$

Video Solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vf843cvVzo?t=91

~sugar_rush

See Also

2013 AMC 10A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 3
Followed by
Problem 5
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions
2013 AMC 12A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 1
Followed by
Problem 3
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

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