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Revision as of 17:24, 6 September 2011
Problem
Lucky Larry's teacher asked him to substitute numbers for ,
,
,
, and
in the expression
and evaluate the result. Larry ignored the parenthese but added and subtracted correctly and obtained the correct result by coincidence. The number Larry sustitued for
,
,
, and
were
,
,
, and
, respectively. What number did Larry substitude for
?
Solution
Solution 1
Simplify the expression . I recommend to start with the innermost parenthesis and work your way out.
So you get:
Henry substituted with
respectively.
We have to find the value of , such that
(the same expression without parenthesis).
Substituting and simplifying we get:
So Henry must have used the value for
.
Our answer is
Solution 2
Lucky Larry had not been aware of the parenthesis and would have done the following operations:
The correct way he should have done the operations is:
Therefore we have the equation
See Also
2010 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |