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A certain organization presents reward to some people. There are 3 kinds of reward that respectively are $125, $40, $15. If the total reward is $1,735, what is the least possible value of the number of the people who received reward?

a. 17
b. 22
c. 32
d. 47
e. 90

from question :
1735= 125A + 40B +15C
Since we have 3 variables and only other information we can infer is that each of A, B and C should be non negative integer (>=0). Hence, we need to plug in numbers to find out.
Now since the question is asking for 'least' number of rewards, best approach to start with is -finding least 'possible' number of rewards - it can happen when every award is 125. So number of reward in this case 1735/125 = 13 + some remainder. hence ans must be greater than 14.

So we can start with A=13
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1735 = 13*125 + 40B +15C
or 40B + 15C =110
or 8B + 3C =22
Do we have any combination for B and C that works for this? yes.. if B=C=2.
Hence total number of rewards = A+B+C=13+2+2 = 17

same is given in A.

At this point, some observations could also be made. There could be a doubt in mind, what if A=12 and B+C <5? but note, it is not possible because for every A reduced, difference (125) is to be filled by at least 4 of Bs and Cs (40 and 15 respectively). Second, none of the answer choices is below 17.

Hence Ans A it is.
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A certain organization presents reward to some people. There are 3 kinds of reward that respectively are $125, $40, $15. If the total reward is $1,735, what is the least possible value of the number of the people who received reward?

a. 17
b. 22
c. 32
d. 47
e. 90



Is there a way to solve this question in which i do not have to divide 1735 by 125 and then move forward towards the solution?
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A certain organization presents reward to some people. There are 3 kinds of reward that respectively are $125, $40, $15. If the total reward is $1,735, what is the least possible value of the number of the people who received reward?

a. 17
b. 22
c. 32
d. 47
e. 90



Is there a way to solve this question in which i do not have to divide 1735 by 125 and then move forward towards the solution?


The way I did it was I saw that to get the least possible value of number of people, I had to get the most number of $125 people and minimise the rest of the two cash values, knowing what's left after taking the $40 and $15 into consideration must be a multiple of 125.

40 + 15 = 55.
1735 - 55 = 1680 clearly not a multiple of 125

2*(40 + 15) = 110
1735 - 110 = 1625 A-ha!

1625 / 125 = 13

$125 | $40 | $15
So 13 + 2 + 2 --> 17
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A certain organization presents reward to some people. There are 3 kinds of reward that respectively are $125, $40, $15. If the total reward is $1,735, what is the least possible value of the number of the people who received reward?

a. 17
b. 22
c. 32
d. 47
e. 90

We can let a, b, and c = the number of $125, $40, and $15 reward recipients, respectively, and create the equation:

125a + 40b + 15c = 1,735

25a + 8b + 3c = 347

To minimize the sum a + b + c, we want first to make a as large as possible, then b as large as possible and then c as large as possible.

Since 347/25 = 13 R 22, we can let a = 13. (Notice that 25 x 13 = 325 and 347 - 325 = 22.)

Since 22/8 = 2 R 6, we can let b = 2. (Notice that 8 x 2 = 16 and 22 - 16 = 6.)

Finally we can see that c = 2 since 6/3 = 2.

Thus, the minimum number of people is 13 + 2 + 2 = 17.

Answer: A
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A certain organization presents reward to some people. There are 3 kinds of reward that respectively are $125, $40, $15. If the total reward is $1,735, what is the least possible value of the number of the people who received reward?

a. 17
b. 22
c. 32
d. 47
e. 90


I see a lot of calculations by others, well ideally we do not even need to solve this question

1735 = 125x + 40y + 15z, divide both sides by HCF= 5
327 = 28x + 8y + 3z
28x = even term
8y = even term
3z = odd term (since, even + even + odd can only result in an odd no. 327)
that means, z has to be odd no. Now since the questions asks the minimum therefore it has to be 17. In order to be double sure we can use various methods.
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