2021 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 4
- The following problem is from both the 2021 AMC 10B #4 and 2021 AMC 12B #2, so both problems redirect to this page.
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At a math contest, students are wearing blue shirts, and another students are wearing yellow shirts. The 132 students are assigned into pairs. In exactly of these pairs, both students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both students wearing yellow shirts?
Solution
There are students paired with a blue partner. The other students wearing blue shirts must each be paired with a partner wearing a shirt of the opposite color. There are students remaining. Therefore the requested number of pairs is ~Punxsutawney Phil
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (System of Equations)
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
https://youtu.be/gLahuINjRzU?t=626
~IceMatrix
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/DvpN56Ob6Zw?t=286
~Interstigation
See Also
2021 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 |
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 12 Problems and Solutions |
2021 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 | |
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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