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Henry the donkey has a very long piece of pasta. He takes a number of bites of pasta, each time eating <math>3</math> inches of pasta from the middle of one piece. In the end, he has <math>10</math> pieces of pasta whose total length is <math>17</math> inches. How long, in inches, was the piece of pasta he started with?
 
Henry the donkey has a very long piece of pasta. He takes a number of bites of pasta, each time eating <math>3</math> inches of pasta from the middle of one piece. In the end, he has <math>10</math> pieces of pasta whose total length is <math>17</math> inches. How long, in inches, was the piece of pasta he started with?
  

Latest revision as of 19:33, 2 September 2024

Problem

Henry the donkey has a very long piece of pasta. He takes a number of bites of pasta, each time eating $3$ inches of pasta from the middle of one piece. In the end, he has $10$ pieces of pasta whose total length is $17$ inches. How long, in inches, was the piece of pasta he started with?

$\textbf{(A) } 34\qquad\textbf{(B) } 38\qquad\textbf{(C) } 41\qquad\textbf{(D) } 44\qquad\textbf{(E) } 47$

Solution

If there are $10$ pieces of pasta, Henry took $10-1=9$ bites. Each of these $9$ bites took $3$ inches of pasta out, and thus his bites in total took away $9\cdot 3 = 27$ inches of pasta. Thus, the original piece of pasta was $27+17=\boxed{\textbf{(D) } 44}$ inches long.

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See Also

2022 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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