2001 AMC 10 Problems/Problem 22

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Problem

In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by $v$, $w$, $x$, $y$, and $z$. Find $y + z$.

$\textbf{(A)}\ 43 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 44 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 46 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 47$

[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$z$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); label("$x$",(1.5,1.5)); label("$y$",(2.5,1.5)); label("$v$",(0.5,2.5)); label("$24$",(1.5,2.5)); label("$w$",(2.5,2.5));[/asy]

Solutions

Solution 1

We know that $y+z=2v$, so we could find one variable rather than two.

$v+24+w=43+v$

$24+w=43$

$w=19$

[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$z$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); label("$x$",(1.5,1.5)); label("$y$",(2.5,1.5)); label("$v$",(0.5,2.5)); label("$24$",(1.5,2.5)); label("$19$",(2.5,2.5));[/asy]

$44+x=24+x+z \implies z=20$

[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$20$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); label("$x$",(1.5,1.5)); label("$y$",(2.5,1.5)); label("$v$",(0.5,2.5)); label("$24$",(1.5,2.5)); label("$19$",(2.5,2.5));[/asy]

The sum per row is $25+21+20=66$.

Thus $66-18-25=66-43=v=23$.

Since we needed $2v$ and we know $v=23$, $23 \times 2 = \boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 46}$.

Solution 2

$v+24+w=43+v$

$24+w=43$

$w=19$

[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$z$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); label("$x$",(1.5,1.5)); label("$y$",(2.5,1.5)); label("$v$",(0.5,2.5)); label("$24$",(1.5,2.5)); label("$19$",(2.5,2.5));[/asy]

$44+x=24+x+z \implies z=20$

[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$20$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); label("$x$",(1.5,1.5)); label("$y$",(2.5,1.5)); label("$v$",(0.5,2.5)); label("$24$",(1.5,2.5)); label("$19$",(2.5,2.5));[/asy]

The magic sum is determined by the bottom row. $25+20+21=66$.

Solving for $y$:

$y=66-19-21=66-40=26$.

To find our answer, we need to find $y+z$. $y+z=20+26 = \boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 46}$.

Really Easy Solution

A nice thing to know is that any $3$ numbers that goes through the middle forms an arithmetic sequence.

Using this, we know that $x=24+z/2$, or $2x=24+z$ because $x$ would be the average.

We also know that because $x$ is the average the magic sum would be $3x$, so we can also write the equation $3x-46=z$ using the bottom row.

Solving for x in this system we get $x=22$, so now using the arithmetic sequence knowledge we find that $y=26$ and $z=20$.

Adding these we get $/boxed{46}$.


-harsha12345

See Also

2001 AMC 10 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 21
Followed by
Problem 23
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