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Revision as of 04:24, 28 March 2022

The following problem is from both the 2021 Fall AMC 10A #10 and 2021 Fall AMC 12A #7, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

A school has $100$ students and $5$ teachers. In the first period, each student is taking one class, and each teacher is teaching one class. The enrollments in the classes are $50, 20, 20, 5,$ and $5$. Let $t$ be the average value obtained if a teacher is picked at random and the number of students in their class is noted. Let $s$ be the average value obtained if a student was picked at random and the number of students in their class, including the student, is noted. What is $t-s$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ {-}18.5  \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ {-}13.5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 13.5 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 18.5$

Solution

The formula for expected values is \[\text{Expected Value}=\sum(\text{Probability}\cdot\text{Outcome}).\] We have \begin{align*} t &= \frac15\cdot50 + \frac15\cdot20 + \frac15\cdot20 + \frac15\cdot5 + \frac15\cdot5 \\ &= \frac15\cdot(50+20+20+5+5) \\ &= \frac15\cdot100 \\ &= 20, \\ s &= \frac{50}{100}\cdot50 + \frac{20}{100}\cdot20 + \frac{20}{100}\cdot20 + \frac{5}{100}\cdot5 + \frac{5}{100}\cdot5 \\ &= 25 + 4 + 4 + 0.25 + 0.25 \\ &= 33.5. \end{align*} Therefore, the answer is $t-s=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ {-}13.5}.$

~MRENTHUSIASM

See Also

2021 Fall AMC 12A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 6
Followed by
Problem 8
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions
2021 Fall AMC 10A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 9
Followed by
Problem 11
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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