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Isaac has written down one integer two times and another integer three times. The sum of the five numbers is <math>100</math>, and one of the numbers is <math>28</math>. What is the other number?
 
Isaac has written down one integer two times and another integer three times. The sum of the five numbers is <math>100</math>, and one of the numbers is <math>28</math>. What is the other number?
  
<math>\textbf{(A)} 8\qquad\textbf{(B)} 11\qquad\textbf{(C)} 14\qquad\textbf{(D)} 15\qquad\textbf{(E)} 18</math>
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<math>\textbf{(A) }8\qquad\textbf{(B) }11\qquad\textbf{(C) }14\qquad\textbf{(D) }15\qquad\textbf{(E) }18</math>
  
 
==Solution==
 
==Solution==

Revision as of 11:51, 5 March 2015

Problem

Isaac has written down one integer two times and another integer three times. The sum of the five numbers is $100$, and one of the numbers is $28$. What is the other number?

$\textbf{(A) }8\qquad\textbf{(B) }11\qquad\textbf{(C) }14\qquad\textbf{(D) }15\qquad\textbf{(E) }18$

Solution

Let the first number be $x$ and the second be $y$. We have $2x+3y=100$. We are given one of the numbers is 28. If $x$ were to be 28, $y$ would not be an integer, thus $y=28$. $2x+3(28)=100$, solving gives $x=8$, so the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)} 8}$.

See Also

2015 AMC 10B (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 2
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Problem 4
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