2022 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21
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Problem
Steph scored baskets out of
attempts in the first half of a game, and
baskets out of
attempts in the second half. Candace took
attempts in the first half and
attempts in the second. In each half, Steph scored a higher percentage of baskets than Candace. Surprisingly they ended with the same overall percentage of baskets scored. How many more baskets did Candace score in the second half than in the first?
Video Solution
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~Mathematical Dexterity
Solution
Let be the number of shots that Candace made in the first half, and let
be the number of shots Candace made in the second half. Since Candace and Steph took the same number of attempts, with an equal percentage of baskets scored, we have
In addition, we have the following inequalities:
and
Pairing this up with
we see the only possible solution is
for an answer of
~wamofan
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