2018 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 2

Problem

Liliane has $50\%$ more soda than Jacqueline, and Alice has $25\%$ more soda than Jacqueline. What is the relationship between the amounts of soda that Liliane and Alice have?

$\textbf{(A) }$ Liliane has $20\%$ more soda than Alice.

$\textbf{(B) }$ Liliane has $25\%$ more soda than Alice.

$\textbf{(C) }$ Liliane has $45\%$ more soda than Alice.

$\textbf{(D) }$ Liliane has $75\%$ more soda than Alice.

$\textbf{(E) }$ Liliane has $100\%$ more soda than Alice.

Solution 1

Let's assume that Jacqueline has $1$ gallon(s) of soda. Then Alice has $1.25$ gallons and Liliane has $1.5$ gallons. Doing division, we find out that $\frac{1.5}{1.25}=1.2$ , which means that Liliane has $20\%$ more soda. Therefore, the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}}$ .

Solution 2

WLOG, lets use $4$ gallons instead of $1$ . When you work it out, you get $6$ gallons and $5$ gallons. We have $6 - 5 = 1$ is $20\%$ of $5$ . Thus, we reach $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}}$ .

~Ezraft

Solution 3

If Jacqueline has $x$ gallons of soda, Alice has $1.25x$ gallons, and Liliane has $1.5x$ gallons. Thus, the answer is $\frac{1.5}{1.25}=1.2$ $=>$ Liliane has $20\%$ more soda. Our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}}$ .

~lakecomo224 (minor edits made by <B+)

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