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2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 19

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Problem

Jordan owns $15$ pairs of sneakers. Three fifths of the pairs are red and the rest are white. Two thirds of the pairs are high-top and the rest are low-top. The red high-top sneakers make up a fraction of the collection. What is the least possible value of this fraction?

(A) $0$ (B) $\frac{1}{5}$ (C) $\frac{4}{15}$ (D) $\frac{1}{3}$ (E) $\frac{2}{5}$

Solution

Jordan has $10$ high top sneakers, and $6$ white sneakers. We would want as many white high-top sneakers as possible, so we set $6$ high-top sneakers to be white. Then, we have $10-6=4$ red high-top sneakers, so the answer is $\boxed{\dfrac{4}{15}}.$

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