Question

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?

$0$

$\dfrac{1}{5}$

$\dfrac{4}{15}$

$\dfrac{1}{3}$

$\dfrac{2}{5}$

Solution:

Jordan has $\dfrac{3}{5} \times 15 = 9$ pairs of red sneakers and $6$ pairs of white sneakers. Moreover, $\dfrac{2}{3} \times 15 = 10$ are high-top and $5$ are low-top. If we want to minimize the number of red high-top sneakers, then we can set all $6$ white sneakers to be high-top, leaving $10-6=4$ red sneakers as high-top. Hence, the fraction of red high-top sneakers would be $\dfrac{4}{15}$ .

Thus, C is the correct answer.

2024 AMC 8 Problem 19

Solution:

Problem 19 in Other Years