2025 AMC 8 Problem 17

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17.

In the land of Markovia, there are three cities: A,A, B,B, and C.C. There are 100100 people who live in A,A, 120120 who live in B,B, and 160160 who live in C.C. Everyone works in one of the three cities, and a person may work in the same city where they live. In the figure below, an arrow pointing from one city to another is labeled with the fraction of people living in the first city who work in the second city. (For example, 14\frac{1}{4} of the people who live in AA work in B.B.) How many people work in A?A?
5555
6060
8585
115115
160160
Answer: D
Concepts:fraction
Small hint:
Add the people working in AA from each home city
Big hint:
For city AA residents, subtract the fractions going to BB and CC
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Written solution:
The number of people who live in AA and work in AA is 100−100×14−100×15 100 - 100 \times \frac{1}{4} - 100 \times \frac{1}{5} which is 100−25−20=55. 100 - 25 - 20 = 55. The number of people who live in BB and work in AA is 120×13=40 120 \times \frac{1}{3} = 40 The number of people who live in CC and work in AA is 160×18=20 160 \times \frac{1}{8} = 20 So, the answer is 55+40+20=115, 55 + 40 + 20 = 115, which is choice D.
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