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# Joanna bought only $0.15 stamps and$0.29 stamps. How many

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Joanna bought only $0.15 stamps and$0.29 stamps. How many $0.15 stamps did she buy? (1) She bought$4.40 worth of stamps.

(2) She bought an equal number of $0.15 stamps and$0.29 stamps.

the answer is (D), but I think (1) is a little tough.

Does that mean we must try all mutiples of 0.29 (from 1 to 15), and then find out only 10 satisfy ?

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17 Aug 2004, 08:33

From B we cannot find any information. I presume the OA is wrong.
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17 Aug 2004, 08:37
carsen wrote:

From B we cannot find any information. I presume the OA is wrong.

carsen, you are right. The OA is (A).

Do you have any faster method?
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17 Aug 2004, 14:00
chunjuwu wrote:
Joanna bought only $0.15 stamps and$0.29 stamps. How many $0.15 stamps did she buy? (1) She bought$4.40 worth of stamps.

(2) She bought an equal number of $0.15 stamps and$0.29 stamps.

the answer is (D), but I think (1) is a little tough.

Does that mean we must try all mutiples of 0.29 (from 1 to 15), and then find out only 10 satisfy ?

thank you

You need to factor in a bit of observation. You only need to check 4 multiples of the second quantity of stamps, because no other multiple would allow you to have a total quantity ending in 0 cents.
0 (doesn't work, .15 doesn't divide 4.40)
5 (doesn't work)
10 (works)
15 (doesn't work)
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