1985 AHSME Problems/Problem 4
Problem
A large bag of coins contains pennies, dimes and quarters. There are twice as many dimes as pennies and three times as many quarters as dimes. An amount of money which could be in the bag is
Solution
If there are pennies in the bag, then there are dimes and quarters. Since pennies are , dimes are , and quarters are , the total amount of money in the bag is Therefore, the possible amounts of money are precisely the integer multiples of .
Since the answer choices are all integer numbers of dollars, we multiply by to deduce that the answer must be an integer multiple of . The only such multiple among the answer choices is .
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