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Orvin went to the store with just enough money to buy <math> 30 </math> balloons. When he arrived he discovered that the store had a special sale on balloons: buy <math> 1 </math> balloon at the regular price and get a second at <math> \frac{1}{3} </math> off the regular price. What is the greatest number of balloons Orvin could buy? | Orvin went to the store with just enough money to buy <math> 30 </math> balloons. When he arrived he discovered that the store had a special sale on balloons: buy <math> 1 </math> balloon at the regular price and get a second at <math> \frac{1}{3} </math> off the regular price. What is the greatest number of balloons Orvin could buy? | ||
− | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 33\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 34\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad\textbf{(D) | + | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 33\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 34\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 38\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 39 </math> |
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Revision as of 21:39, 2 March 2015
Problem
Orvin went to the store with just enough money to buy balloons. When he arrived he discovered that the store had a special sale on balloons: buy
balloon at the regular price and get a second at
off the regular price. What is the greatest number of balloons Orvin could buy?
Solution
If every balloon costs dollars, then Orvin has
dollars. For every balloon he buys for
dollars, he can buy another for
dollars. This means it costs him
dollars to buy a bundle of
balloons. With
dollars, he can buy
sets of two balloons, so the total number of balloons he can buy is
See also
2014 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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