2023 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 5
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Problem
Maddy and Lara see a list of numbers written on a blackboard. Maddy adds to each number in the list and finds that the sum of her new numbers is . Lara multiplies each number in the list by and finds that the sum of her new numbers is also . How many numbers are written on the blackboard?
Solution
Let there be numbers in the list of numbers, and let their sum be . Then we have the following
From the second equation, . So,
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Solution 2
Let where represents the th number written on the board. Lara's multiplied each number by , so her sum will be . This is the same as . We are given this quantity is equal to , so the original numbers add to . Maddy adds to each of the terms which yields, . This is the same as the sum of the original series plus . Setting this equal to ,
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Video Solution 1 by SpreadTheMathLove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnhwbA5_So
Video Solution by Math-X (First understand the problem!!!)
https://youtu.be/EuLkw8HFdk4?si=6dyj2QxkbBuNk6j7&t=951
~Math-X
See also
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