2010 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 8

Problem

A ticket to a school play cost $x$ dollars, where $x$ is a whole number. A group of 9th graders buys tickets costing a total of $\textdollar 48$ , and a group of 10th graders buys tickets costing a total of $\textdollar 64$ . How many values for $x$ are possible?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 5$

Solution 1

We see how many common integer factors $48$ and $64$ share. Of the factors of $48$ - $1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48$ ; only $1, 2, 4, 8,$ and $16$ are factors of $64$ . So there are $\boxed{\textbf{(E)}\ 5}$ possibilities for the ticket price.

Solution 2

The difference between 48 and 64 is 16. The number 16 has five factors: 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. These are all possible ticket prices because the 10th graders bought a whole number $x$ more tickets than the 9th graders (so $x$ must evenly divide into 16). Therefore, there are $\boxed{\textbf{(E)}\ 5}$ possibilities for the ticket price.

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