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Gary purchased a large beverage, but only drank <math>m/n</math> of it, where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are [[relatively prime]] positive integers. If he had purchased half as much and drunk twice as much, he would have wasted only <math>2/9</math> as much beverage. Find <math>m+n</math>. | Gary purchased a large beverage, but only drank <math>m/n</math> of it, where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are [[relatively prime]] positive integers. If he had purchased half as much and drunk twice as much, he would have wasted only <math>2/9</math> as much beverage. Find <math>m+n</math>. | ||
Revision as of 09:35, 23 August 2011
Problem
Gary purchased a large beverage, but only drank of it, where and are relatively prime positive integers. If he had purchased half as much and drunk twice as much, he would have wasted only as much beverage. Find .
Solution
Let be the fraction consumed, then is the fraction wasted. We have , or , or or . Therefore,
See also
2011 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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