2000 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 3
- The following problem is from both the 2000 AMC 12 #3 and 2000 AMC 10 #3, so both problems redirect to this page.
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[hide]Problem
Each day, Jenny ate 
of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, 
remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?
Solution 1 (Algebra)
We can begin by labeling the number of initial jellybeans 
. If she ate of the jellybeans, then 
is remaining. Hence, after day 1, there are:
After day 2, there are:
or 
jellybeans. 
, so 
Solution By: armang32324
Solution 2 (answer choices)
Testing the answers choices out, we see that the answer is 
.
Solution 3
We can work backwards to figure out what the starting amount is. If she ate of the jellybeans, 
of the jellybeans were remaining at the end of each day. This means that we can multiply by 
to get the amount of jellybeans that she had at the end of the previous day. So we have:
~anabel.disher
Video Solution by Daily Dose of Math
https://youtu.be/qJYI_qOMyTo?si=jFa9C5BObcWaI_r6
~Thesmartgreekmathdude
See also
| 2000 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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