1999 AHSME Problems/Problem 11
Problem
The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number . The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number and four centers to label locker number . If it costs $137.94 to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school?
Solution 1
Since all answers are over , work backwards and find the cost of the first lockers. The first lockers cost dollars, while the next lockers cost . Lockers through cost , and lockers through inclusive cost .
This gives a total cost of . There are dollars left over, which is enough for digits, or more four digit lockers. These lockers are and , leading to answer .
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