2020 AMC 8 Problem 16

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Concepts:double countingsummation

Difficulty rating: 1270

16.

Each of the points A,B,C,D,E,A,B,C,D,E, and FF in the figure below represents a different digit from 11 to 6.6. Each of the five lines shown passes through some of these points. The digits along each line are added to produce five sums, one for each line. The total of the five sums is 47.47. What is the digit represented by B?B?

11

22

33

44

55

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Each number is added once per line it is on. Every point is on 22 lines except for BB which is on 3.3.

This means 2A+3B+2C+2D+2E+2F=47,\begin{align*} 2A + 3B &+ 2C + 2D \\&+ 2E + 2F = 47, \end{align*} so 2(A+B+C+D+E+F)=47B.\begin{align*} &2(A + B + C + D + E + F) \\ &= 47-B. \end{align*}

Since A,B,C,D,E,FA,B,C,D,E,F are unique digits from 11 to 6,6, each digit is represented exactly once, making A+B+C+D+E+F=21.\begin{align*} &A + B + C + D + E + F \\ &= 21. \end{align*}

With 2(A+B+C+D+E+F)+B=47,\begin{align*} &2(A + B + C + D + E + F) \\ &+ B = 47, \end{align*} we know B+2(21)=47,B + 2(21)=47, so B=5.B=5.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

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