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Revision as of 23:00, 3 July 2013
- The following problem is from both the 2012 AMC 12A #1 and 2012 AMC 10A #3, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
A bug crawls along a number line, starting at -2. It crawls to -6, then turns around and crawls to 5. How many units does the bug crawl altogether?
Solution
Crawling from -2 to -6 takes it a distance of 4 units. Crawling from -6 to 5 takes it a distance of 11 units. Add 4 and 11 to get 
See Also
| 2012 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 2 |
Followed by Problem 4 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2012 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by First Problem |
Followed by Problem 2 |
| 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 | |
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