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03 Nov 2014, 08:17
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A political candidate collected $1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If each supporter contributed at least$50, what is the greatest possible number of contributors at the dinner?

A. 33
B. 34
C. 35
D. 36
E. 37

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Re: A political candidate collected $1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Nov 2014, 15:16 2 Bunuel wrote: Tough and Tricky questions: Min/Max. A political candidate collected$1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If each supporter contributed at least $50, what is the greatest possible number of contributors at the dinner? A. 33 B. 34 C. 35 D. 36 E. 37 Greatest possible number of contributors is achieved when as many as possible contributed$50

$$\frac{1,749}{50} = 50*34 + 49$$

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Re: A political candidate collected $1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Nov 2014, 15:52 2 I used the "ballpark" method in this problem to get to the answer a bit faster. By rounding the total donation up by$1, I got:
1749 =~ 1850.

It was then much easier for me to do the division of 1850 by 50 (or 185 divided by 5) and then subtract 1 from my answer for the estimation I did earlier.
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09 Nov 2014, 11:12
go under 1749...say you have 34 people. that gives you 34*50= 1700. You still have $49 to go, but no one contributed under$50.
So go under 34...say you have 33 people. then you'd have $1650. Well now 33 people contributed$1650, and the 34th one contributed the rest to total to $1749. B Director Joined: 31 Oct 2013 Posts: 578 Concentration: Accounting, Finance GPA: 3.68 WE: Analyst (Accounting) Re: A political candidate collected$1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If  [#permalink]

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17 Jul 2018, 14:22
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Bunuel wrote:

Tough and Tricky questions: Min/Max.

A political candidate collected $1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If each supporter contributed at least$50, what is the greatest possible number of contributors at the dinner?

A. 33
B. 34
C. 35
D. 36
E. 37

Total collection = $1749 We are asked to maximize the number of contributors. So, we must minimize the contribution. Consider each one contributed$50.

Option A) 33*50 = 1650. So much less the the collection

Option B) 34*50 = 1700.

Option C) 35*50 = 1750. one dollar more than the total collection .

Re: A political candidate collected $1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If &nbs [#permalink] 17 Jul 2018, 14:22 Display posts from previous: Sort by # A political candidate collected$1,749 from a fund raising dinner. If

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