2017 AMC 10 B

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Problem 5 Easy

Camilla had twice as many blueberry jelly beans as cherry jelly beans. After eating 10 pieces of each kind, she now has three times as many blueberry jelly beans as cherry jelly beans. How many blueberry jelly beans did she originally have? (2017 AMC 10B Problem, Question#5)

  • A.

    10

  • B.

    20

  • C.

    30

  • D.

    40

  • E.

    50

Answer:D

Denote the number of blueberry and cherry jelly beans as b and c respectively. Then b=2c and b-10=3(c-10). Substituting, we have 2c-10=3c-30, so c=20, b=40.

From the problem, we see that 10 less than one of the answer choices must be a multiple of 3 and positive. The only answer choice satisfying this is 40. We can check that 40 blueberry and 20 cherry jelly beans indeed does work.

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