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Miki has a dozen oranges of the same size and a dozen pears of the same size. Miki uses her juicer to extract 8 ounces of pear juice from 3 pears and 8 ounces of orange juice from 2 oranges. She makes a pear-orange juice blend from an equal number of pears and oranges. What percent of the blend is pear juice? | Miki has a dozen oranges of the same size and a dozen pears of the same size. Miki uses her juicer to extract 8 ounces of pear juice from 3 pears and 8 ounces of orange juice from 2 oranges. She makes a pear-orange juice blend from an equal number of pears and oranges. What percent of the blend is pear juice? | ||
<math> \text{(A)}\ 30\qquad\text{(B)}\ 40\qquad\text{(C)}\ 50\qquad\text{(D)}\ 60\qquad\text{(E)}\ 70 </math> | <math> \text{(A)}\ 30\qquad\text{(B)}\ 40\qquad\text{(C)}\ 50\qquad\text{(D)}\ 60\qquad\text{(E)}\ 70 </math> | ||
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+ | ==Solution 1== | ||
+ | A pear gives <math>8/3</math> ounces of juice per pear. An orange gives <math>8/2=4</math> ounces of juice per orange. If the pear-orange juice blend used one pear and one orange each, the percentage of pear juice would be | ||
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+ | <cmath>\frac{8/3}{8/3+4} \times 100 = \frac{8}{8+12} \times 100 = \boxed{\text{(B)}\ 40}</cmath> | ||
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+ | ==Solution 2== | ||
+ | Since it doesn't matter how many pears and oranges there are, you can make the number of them whatever you like. In this case, we could use <math>6</math>, because it's the LCM of <math>2</math> and <math>3</math>. Then for the <math>6</math> pears, there are <math>6/3*8=16</math> ounces of pear juice. For the 6 oranges, there are <math>6/2*8=24</math> ounces of orange juice. Since we are looking for the percent of pear juice, we need to do <math>16/(16+24)=16/40</math>. Simplifying, we get <math>2/5</math>. Hence the answer is <math>\boxed{\text{(B)}\ 40}</math>. | ||
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+ | ==Video Solution== | ||
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+ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TarSWoN3ne4 ~David | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{AMC8 box|year=2002|num-b=23|num-a=25}} | ||
+ | {{MAA Notice}} |
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Problem
Miki has a dozen oranges of the same size and a dozen pears of the same size. Miki uses her juicer to extract 8 ounces of pear juice from 3 pears and 8 ounces of orange juice from 2 oranges. She makes a pear-orange juice blend from an equal number of pears and oranges. What percent of the blend is pear juice?
Solution 1
A pear gives ounces of juice per pear. An orange gives
ounces of juice per orange. If the pear-orange juice blend used one pear and one orange each, the percentage of pear juice would be
Solution 2
Since it doesn't matter how many pears and oranges there are, you can make the number of them whatever you like. In this case, we could use , because it's the LCM of
and
. Then for the
pears, there are
ounces of pear juice. For the 6 oranges, there are
ounces of orange juice. Since we are looking for the percent of pear juice, we need to do
. Simplifying, we get
. Hence the answer is
.
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TarSWoN3ne4 ~David
See Also
2002 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 23 |
Followed by Problem 25 | |
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