2006 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 22

Problem

Elmo makes $N$ sandwiches for a fundraiser. For each sandwich he uses $B$ globs of peanut butter at $4\cent$ per glob and $J$ blobs of jam at $5\cent$ per blob. The cost of the peanut butter and jam to make all the sandwiches is $$ 2.53$ . Assume that $B$ , $J$ , and $N$ are positive integers with $N>1$ . What is the cost of the jam Elmo uses to make the sandwiches?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } $ 1.05\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } $ 1.25\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } $ 1.45\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } $ 1.65\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } $ 1.85$

Solution 1

The peanut butter and jam for each sandwich costs $4B\cent$ +5J\cent $, so the peanut butter and jam for$ N $sandwiches costs$ N(4B+5J)\cent$.

Setting this equal to$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)253\cent $:$ N(4B+5J)=253=11\cdot23 $The only possible positive integer pairs$ (N , 4B+5J) $whose product is$ 253 $are:$ (1,253) ; (11,23) ; (23,11) ; (253,1) $The first pair violates$ N>1 $and the third and fourth pair have no positive integer solutions for$ B $and$ J$.

So,$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)N=11 $and$ 4B+5J=23 $The only integer solutions for$ B $and$ J $are$ B=2 $and$ J=3 $Therefore the cost of the jam Elmo uses to make the sandwiches is$ 3\cdot5\cdot11=165\cent$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)= $1.65 \Rightarrow D $

Solution 2

Note as above, you get the equation $N(0.04B+0.05J=2.53)$

Notice that we can multiply by $100$ on both sides to get whole numbers. Hence $\implies N(4B+5J=253)$

Note that the prime factorization of $253=11\cdot23$ .

Hence, we want $4B+5J=23$ or $11$

Now, we have two cases to test.

Case 1: $4B+5J=23$

Notice that we want $B\le5$ or $J\le4$

Taking $\pmod{5}\implies 4B\equiv3\pmod{5}\implies B=2$

Hence, $B=2,J=3$ .

Hence, the price of the Jam is $3\cdot11\cdot{0.05}\implies 1.65 \implies\boxed{D}$ .

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