2012 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 1
- The following problem is from both the 2012 AMC 12A #2 and 2012 AMC 10A #1, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Cagney can frost a cupcake every 20 seconds and Lacey can frost a cupcake every 30 seconds. Working together, how many cupcakes can they frost in 5 minutes?
Solution 1
Cagney can frost one in seconds, and Lacey can frost one in seconds. Working together, they can frost one in seconds. In seconds ( minutes), they can frost cupcakes.
Solution 2
In seconds ( minutes), Cagney will frost cupcakes, and Lacey will frost cupcakes. Therefore, working together they will frost cupcakes.
Solution 3
Since Cagney frosts cupcakes a minute, and Lacey frosts cupcakes a minute, they together frost cupcakes a minute. Therefore, in minutes, they frost
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