Difference between revisions of "2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3"

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The ratio of Mary's age to Alice's age is $3:5$ . Alice is $30$ years old. How old is Mary?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 15\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 18\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 20\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 24$

$\mathrm{(E) \ } 50$

Let $m$ be Mary's age. Then $\frac{m}{30}=\frac{3}{5}$ . Solving for $m$ , we obtain $m=18$ . The answer is B.

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 == See also ==
 * [[2006 AMC 12A Problems]]
-*[[2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 2|Previous Problem]]
-*[[2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 4|Next Problem]]
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