2010 AMC 10A Problem 8

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8.

Tony works 22 hours a day and is paid $0.50\$0.50 per hour for each full year of his age. During a six month period Tony worked 5050 days and earned $630.\$630. How old was Tony at the end of the six month period?
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Answer: D
Concepts:agesratebounding to limit cases
Small hint:
Compute the total hours worked and average hourly pay
Big hint:
Divide the average hourly pay by $0.50\$0.50 to get the average age
Solution:
Tony worked 2⋅50=1002\cdot50=100 hours, so his average hourly pay was $630÷100=$6.30.\$630\div100=\$6.30. Because his hourly pay is $0.50\$0.50 times his age in full years, his average age on the days he worked was 6.30÷0.50=12.66.30\div0.50=12.6 years. During a six-month period his age can change by at most one, so he must have worked some days at age 1212 and some at age 13.13. Thus he was 1313 at the end of the period.
Thus, D is the correct answer.
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