Question

Elmo makes $N$ sandwiches for a fundraiser. For each sandwich he uses $B$ globs of peanut butter at $4$ ¢ per glob and $J$ blobs of jam at $5$ ¢ per blob. The cost of the peanut butter and jam to make all the sandwiches is $\$2.53.$ Assume that $B,$ $J,$ and $N$ are positive integers with $N \gt 1.$ What is the cost of the jam Elmo uses to make the sandwiches?

$\$1.05$

$\$1.25$

$\$1.45$

$\$1.65$

$\$1.85$

Solution:

The total cost is $N(4B+5J)=253$ cents $=11\cdot23.$ Since $N \gt 1,$ $N\in\{11,23,253\}.$

If $N=253$ or $N=23,$ then $4B+5J$ equals $1$ or $11,$ impossible for positive integers.

So $N=11$ and $4B+5J=23,$ whose only positive solution is $B=2,$ $J=3.$ The jam costs $11\cdot3\cdot5=165$ cents $=\$1.65.$

Thus, the correct answer is D.

2006 AMC 10B Problem 22

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