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South African Mathematics Olympiad Second Round

Algebra Difficulty 4.0 AIME Find the answer South Africa

Jess is standing in a queue of people. She is 18th from the front and 35th from the back.
How many people are in the queue?

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

There are $17$ people in front of Jess and $34$ behind her. Including herself this makes $17 + 1 + 34 = 52$ people.

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