2019 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 3
Problem
In a high school with students, of the seniors play a musical instrument, while of the non-seniors do not play a musical instrument. In all, of the students do not play a musical instrument. How many non-seniors play a musical instrument?
Solution
60% of seniors do not play a musical instrument. If we denote x as the number of seniors, then
Thus there are non-seniors. Since 70% of the non-seniors play a musical instrument,
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