2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1
- The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10A #1 and 2023 AMC 12A #1, so both problems redirect to this page.
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[hide]Problem
Cities and
are
miles apart. Alicia lives in
and Beth lives in
. Alicia bikes towards
at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward
at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City
will they be when they meet?
Solution 1
This is a problem, so let
be the time it takes to meet. We can write the following equation:
Solving gives us
. The
is Alicia so
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Solution 2
The relative speed of the two is , so
hours would be required to travel
miles.
, so
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Solution 3
Since mph is
times
mph, Alicia will travel
times as far as Beth. If
is the distance Beth travels,
Since this is the amount Beth traveled, the amount that Alicia traveled was
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Solution 4
Alice and Barbara close in on each other at 30mph. Since they are 45 miles apart, they will meet in t = d/s = 45miles / 30mph = 3/2 hours. We can either calculate the distance Alice travels at 18mph or the distance Barbara travels at 12mph; since we want the distance from Alice, we go with the former. Alice (and Barbara) will meet in 1 1/2 hours at 18mph x 3/2 hours = 27 miles from A.
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Solution 5 (Under 20 seconds) (Smash that thing!)
We know that Alice approaches Beth at mph and Beth approaches Alice at
mph. If we consider that if Alice moves
miles at the same time Beth moves
miles —>
miles left. Alice then moves
more miles at the same time as Beth moves
more miles. Alice has moved
miles from point A at the same time that Beth has moved
miles from point B, meaning that Alice and Beth meet
miles from point A.
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Solution 6 (simple linear equations)
We know that Beth starts 45 miles away from City A, let’s create two equations:
Alice->
Beth->
[-12 is the slope; 45 is the y-intercept]
Solve the system:
So,
Solution 7=
Since Alicia and Beth's speeds are constant, they are directly proportional to their distances covered, so the ratio of their speeds is equal to the ratio of their covered distances. Since Alicia travels of their combined speed, she travels
of the total distance.
-Benedict T (countmath1)
Video Solution 1 (⚡Under 1 min⚡)
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Video Solution by Math-X (First understand the problem!!!)
https://youtu.be/cMgngeSmFCY?si=Ngh2w5-AAuP38GZk&t=34 ~Math-X
Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkRt_n1TEKY
Video Solution
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Video Solution (easy to digest) by Power Solve
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See also
2023 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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2023 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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