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We can clearly deduce that <math>70\%</math> of the non-seniors do play an instrument, but, since the total percentage of instrument players is <math>46.8\%</math>, the non-senior population is quite low. By intuition, we can therefore see that the answer is around <math>\text{B}</math> or <math>\text{C}</math>. Testing both of these gives us the answer <math>\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 154}</math>. | We can clearly deduce that <math>70\%</math> of the non-seniors do play an instrument, but, since the total percentage of instrument players is <math>46.8\%</math>, the non-senior population is quite low. By intuition, we can therefore see that the answer is around <math>\text{B}</math> or <math>\text{C}</math>. Testing both of these gives us the answer <math>\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 154}</math>. | ||
==Video Solution== | |||
https://youtu.be/J8UdaSHyWJI | |||
~savannahsolver | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Problem
In a high school with 
students, 
of the seniors play a musical instrument, while 
of the non-seniors do not play a musical instrument. In all, 
of the students do not play a musical instrument. How many non-seniors play a musical instrument?
Solution 1
of seniors do not play a musical instrument. If we denote 
as the number of seniors, then ![\[\frac{3}{5}x + \frac{3}{10}\cdot(500-x) = \frac{468}{1000}\cdot500\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/9/b/39beb27287fd9606cb72594254ed23d8f84d808a.png)
![\[\frac{3}{5}x + 150 - \frac{3}{10}x = 234\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/b/b/3bbf60a030fd69addddedd21963193e62f2f4e54.png)
![\[\frac{3}{10}x = 84\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/e/0/ae0b9942f3104e50463964898645e3071ad35d75.png)
![\[x = 84\cdot\frac{10}{3} = 280\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/9/1/e917d53d7f0e260365f5b83bbee0d622ee11793d.png)
Thus there are 
non-seniors. Since 70% of the non-seniors play a musical instrument, 
.
~IronicNinja
Solution 2
Let be the number of seniors, and 
be the number of non-seniors. Then ![\[\frac{3}{5}x + \frac{3}{10}y = \frac{468}{1000}\cdot500 = 234\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/7/f/c7f0504b3bfa775132523a004e290ee0d48efc5e.png)
Multiplying both sides by 
gives us
![\[6x + 3y = 2340\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/e/d/eed3fa790604393aa68809319e61bca0eba6aee2.png)
Also, 
because there are 500 students in total.
Solving these system of equations give us 
, 
.
Since 
of the non-seniors play a musical instrument, the answer is simply of 
, which gives us 
.
Solution 3 (using the answer choices)
We can clearly deduce that of the non-seniors do play an instrument, but, since the total percentage of instrument players is , the non-senior population is quite low. By intuition, we can therefore see that the answer is around 
or 
. Testing both of these gives us the answer .
Video Solution
~savannahsolver
See Also
| 2019 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 2 |
Followed by Problem 4 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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