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2004 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 13

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Problem

At a party, each man danced with exactly three women and each woman danced with exactly two men. Twelve men attended the party. How many women attended the party?

\mathrm{(A) \ } 8 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 12 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 16 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 18 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 24

Solution

If each man danced with 3 women, then there were a total of 3\times12=36 pairs of a man and a woman. However, each woman only danced with 2 men, so there must have been \frac{36}2=18 women \Rightarrow\mathrm{(D)}.

See also

2004 AMC 10A (ProblemsResources)
Preceded by
Problem 12
Followed by
Problem 14
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