2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21
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- 2 Solution 1
- 3 Solution 2
- 4 Solution 3
- 5 Video Solution (A Clever Explanation You’ll Get Instantly)
- 6 Video Solution 1 by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
- 7 Video Solution by Power Solve (crystal clear)
- 8 Video Solution 2 by OmegaLearn.org
- 9 Video Solution 3 by SpreadTheMathLove
- 10 Video Solution by NiuniuMaths (Easy to understand!)
- 11 Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
- 12 Video Solution by Interstigation
- 13 See Also
Problem
A group of frogs (called an army) is living in a tree. A frog turns green when in the shade and turns yellow when in the sun. Initially, the ratio of green to yellow frogs was . Then green frogs moved to the sunny side and yellow frogs moved to the shady side. Now the ratio is . What is the difference between the number of green frogs and the number of yellow frogs now?
Solution 1
Let the initial number of green frogs be and the initial number of yellow frogs be . Since the ratio of the number of green frogs to yellow frogs is initially , . Now, green frogs move to the sunny side and yellow frogs move to the shade side, thus the new number of green frogs is and the new number of yellow frogs is . We are given that , so , since , we have , so and . Thus the answer is
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Solution 2
Since the original ratio is and the new ratio is , the number of frogs must be a multiple of , the only solutions left are and .
Let's start with frogs:
We must have frogs in the shade and frogs in the sun. After the change, there would be frogs in the shade and frog in the sun, which is not a ratio.
Therefore the answer is: .
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Solution 3
The ratio of (green) to (yellow) frogs is . When green frogs move to the sunny side and yellow frogs move to the shady side, you can tell that the ratio is .
So earlier, , or , of the total frogs were green. Now, , or , of the total frogs are green. When the green side gained frogs and the yellow side lost frogs, the green side gained of the total amount of frogs. So = , where is the total number of frogs. Solving for we get = .
If the ratio has a total of , then we can multiply each of them by , or , and find that there are green frogs and yellow frogs. Therefore, the difference between the green and yellow frogs is
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Video Solution 1 by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
https://youtu.be/BaE00H2SHQM?si=yTyYiS2S75HoSfmI&t=6313
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Video Solution by Power Solve (crystal clear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HodW9H55ZsE
Video Solution 2 by OmegaLearn.org
Video Solution 3 by SpreadTheMathLove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItvjukLqK0
Video Solution by NiuniuMaths (Easy to understand!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=looAMewBACY
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Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SUTUr1My7c&t=1s
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/ktzijuZtDas&t=2562
See Also
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