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2021 Fall AMC 12A Problem 7

Problem 7 of 25EasierAlgebraCounting & Probability

A school has 100100 students and 55 teachers. In the first period, each student is taking one class, and each teacher is teaching one class. The enrollments in the classes are 50,50, 20,20, 20,20, 5,5, and 5.5. Let tt be the average value obtained if a teacher is picked at random and the number of students in their class is noted. Let ss be the average value obtained if a student was picked at random and the number of students in their class, including the student, is noted. What is ts?t - s?

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The teacher average is t=50+20+20+5+55t = \dfrac{50 + 20 + 20 + 5 + 5}{5} =1005=20.= \dfrac{100}{5} = 20. The student average weights each class size by how many students are in it: s=502+202+202+52+52100=2500+400+400+25+25100=33.5. \begin{aligned} s &= \small \frac{50^2 + 20^2 + 20^2 + 5^2 + 5^2}{100} \\ &= \small \frac{2500 + 400 + 400 + 25 + 25}{100} \\ &= 33.5. \end{aligned} So ts=2033.5=13.5.t - s = 20 - 33.5 = -13.5. Thus, the correct answer is B.

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