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The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number <math> 1</math>. The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number <math> 9</math> and four centers to label locker number <math> 10</math>. If it costs 137.94  to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school?
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==Problem==
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The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number <math> 1</math>. The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number <math> 9</math> and four centers to label locker number <math> 10</math>. If it costs &#36;137.94  to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school?
  
 
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2001 \qquad  
 
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\textbf{(D)}\ 2726 \qquad  
 
\textbf{(D)}\ 2726 \qquad  
 
\textbf{(E)}\ 6897</math>
 
\textbf{(E)}\ 6897</math>
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Problem

The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number $1$. The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number $9$ and four centers to label locker number $10$. If it costs $137.94 to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 2001 \qquad  \textbf{(B)}\ 2010 \qquad  \textbf{(C)}\ 2100 \qquad  \textbf{(D)}\ 2726 \qquad  \textbf{(E)}\ 6897$

See Also

1999 AHSME (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 10
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Problem 12
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