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Contents
- 1 Problem
- 2 Solution
- 3 Solution 2
- 4 Solution 3
- 5 Video Solution by Power Solve (crystal clear)
- 6 Video Solution 1 by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
- 7 Video Solution by NiuniuMaths (Easy to understand!)
- 8 Video Solution 2 by OmegaLearn.org
- 9 Video Solution 3 by SpreadTheMathLove
- 10 Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
- 11 Video Solution by Interstigation
- 12 See Also
Problem
Jordan owns 15 pairs of sneakers. Three fifths of the pairs are red and the rest are white. Two thirds of the pairs are high-top and the rest are low-top. The red high-top sneakers make up a fraction of the collection. What is the least possible value of this fraction?
Solution
Jordan has high top sneakers, and
white sneakers. We would want as many white high-top sneakers as possible, so we set
high-top sneakers to be white. Then, we have
red high-top sneakers, so the answer is
~andliu766
Solution 2
We first start by finding the amount of red and white sneakers. 3/5 * 15=9 red sneakers, so 6 are white sneakers. Then 2/3 * 15=10 are high top sneakers, so 5 are low top sneakers. Now think about 15 slots and the first 10 are labeled high top sneakers. if we insert the last 5 sneakers as red sneakers there are 4 leftover over red sneakers. Putting those four sneakers as high top sneakers we have are answer as C or
-Multpi12
Solution 3
There are red pairs of sneakers and
white pairs. There are also
high-top pairs of sneakers and
low-top pairs. Let
be the number of red high-top sneakers and let
be the number of white high-top sneakers. It follows that there are
red pairs of low-top sneakers and
white pairs. \\\\
We must have
in order to have a valid amount of white sneakers. Solving this inequality gives
, so the smallest possible value for
is
. This means that there would be
pairs of low-top red sneakers, so there are
pairs of low-top white sneakers and
pairs of high top white sneakers. This checks out perfectly, so the smallest fraction is
-Benedict T (countmath1)
Video Solution by Power Solve (crystal clear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaLPhTmCeM
Video Solution 1 by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
https://youtu.be/BaE00H2SHQM?si=ZnK2pJGftec8ywRO&t=5589
~Math-X
Video Solution by NiuniuMaths (Easy to understand!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xN8Njd_Lc
~NiuniuMaths
Video Solution 2 by OmegaLearn.org
Video Solution 3 by SpreadTheMathLove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svibu3nKB7E
Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaOkkExm57U
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/ktzijuZtDas&t=2211
See Also
2024 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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