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Problem
A majority of the 
students in Ms. Demeanor's class bought pencils at the school bookstore. Each of these students bought the same number of pencils, and this number was greater than 
. The cost of a pencil in cents was greater than the number of pencils each student bought, and the total cost of all the pencils was 
. What was the cost of a pencil in cents?
Solution
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The only factor of 
between 
and ( because it has to be a majority of her students) is 
. Therefore, we can conclude that there are students, pencils cost 
cents, and each student bought 
pencils. Thus the answer is 
See also
| 2011 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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