2002 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 9
- The following problem is from both the 2002 AMC 12A #9 and 2002 AMC 10A #11, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Jamal wants to save 30 files onto disks, each with 1.44 MB space. 3 of the files take up 0.8 MB, 12 of the files take up 0.7 MB, and the rest take up 0.4 MB. It is not possible to split a file onto 2 different disks. What is the smallest number of disks needed to store all 30 files?
Solution
A MB file can either be on its own disk, or share it with a
MB. Clearly it is better to pick the second possibility. Thus we will have
disks, each with one
MB file and one
MB file.
We are left with files of
MB each, and
files of
MB each. Their total size is
MB. The total capacity of
disks is
MB, hence we need at least
more disks. And we can easily verify that
disks are indeed enough: six of them will carry two
MB files each, and four will carry three
MB files each.
Thus our answer is .
See Also
2002 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
2002 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 10 |
Followed by Problem 12 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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