1967 AHSME Problems/Problem 30

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A dealer bought $n$ radios for $d$ dollars, $d$ a positive integer. He contributed two radios to a community bazaar at half their cost. The rest he sold at a profit of $8 on each radio sold. If the overall profit was $72, then the least possible value of $n$ for the given information is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ 18\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 16\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 15\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 12\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 11$

Solution

$\fbox{D}$

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