2017 AMC 10A Problem 2
Problem 2 of 25EasierAlgebra
Pablo buys popsicles for his friends. The store sells single popsicles for each, -popsicle boxes for each, and -popsicle boxes for What is the greatest number of popsicles that Pablo can buy with
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The boxes give us the most popsicles per dollar, so we want to buy as many of those as possible.
We can buy two of those, getting popsicles with remaining.
The single popsicles are the worst deal, so Pablo should spend the rest of his money on the -popsicle box.
He then ends up with popsicles.
Thus, D is the correct answer.