2003 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 2

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Problem

Al gets the disease algebritis and must take one green pill and one pink pill each day for two weeks. A green pill costs $$$1$ more than a pink pill, and Al's pills cost a total of $\textdollar 546$ for the two weeks. How much does one green pill cost?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \textdollar 7 \qquad\textbf{(B) }\textdollar 14 \qquad\textbf{(C) }\textdollar 19\qquad\textbf{(D) }\textdollar 20\qquad\textbf{(E) }\textdollar 39$

Solution

Since there are $14$ days in $2$ weeks, Al has to take $14$ green pills and $14$ pink pills in the two week span.

Let the cost of a green pill be $x$ dollars. This makes the cost of a pink pill $(x-1)$ dollars.

Now we set up the equation and solve. Since there are $14$ pills of each color, the total cost of all pills, pink and green, is $14x+14(x-1)$ dollars. Setting this equal to $546$ and solving gives us

\begin{align*} 14x+14(x-1)&=546\\ x+(x-1)&=39\\ 2x-1&=39\\ 2x&=40\\ x&=20\end{align*}

Therefore, the cost of a green pill is $\boxed{\textbf{(D) }\textdollar  20}$.

See Also

2003 AMC 10B (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 1
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Problem 3
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