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At a math contest, <math>57</math> students are wearing blue shirts, and another <math>75</math> students are wearing yellow shirts. The <math>132</math> students are assigned into <math>66</math> pairs. In exactly <math>23</math> of these pairs, both students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both students wearing yellow shirts? | At a math contest, <math>57</math> students are wearing blue shirts, and another <math>75</math> students are wearing yellow shirts. The <math>132</math> students are assigned into <math>66</math> pairs. In exactly <math>23</math> of these pairs, both students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both students wearing yellow shirts? |
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[hide]Problem
At a math contest, students are wearing blue shirts, and another students are wearing yellow shirts. The students are assigned into pairs. In exactly of these pairs, both students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both students wearing yellow shirts?
Solution
There are students paired with a blue partner. The other students wearing blue shirts must each be paired with a partner wearing a shirt of the opposite color. There are students remaining. Therefore the requested number of pairs is ~Punxsutawney Phil
Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpvS2PVkI8A&t=55s
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (System of Equations)
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwxbsuSQ80
Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
https://youtu.be/EMzdnr1nZcE?t=154
~IceMatrix
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/DvpN56Ob6Zw?t=286
~Interstigation
See Also
2021 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 |
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 AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
2021 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 | |
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 AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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