{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "A majority of the $30$ 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 $1$. 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 $17.71$. What was the cost of a pencil in cents?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 7 \\qquad<br>\\textbf{(B)}\\ 11 \\qquad<br>\\textbf{(C)}\\ 17 \\qquad<br>\\textbf{(D)}\\ 23 \\qquad<br>\\textbf{(E)}\\ 77$\n___\nFull credit goes to [MAA](https://maa.org/) for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the [AOPS](https://artofproblemsolving.com/) website.", "description_html": "<p>A majority of the  <span class=\"katex--inline\">30</span>  students in Ms. Demeanor&#8217;s class bought pencils at the school bookstore. Each of these students bought the same number of pencils, and this number was greater than  <span class=\"katex--inline\">1</span> . 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  <span class=\"katex--inline\">17.71</span> . What was the cost of a pencil in cents?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ 7 \\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 11 \\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 17 \\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 23 \\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 77</span> </p>&#10;<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 2, "problem_name": "2011 AMC 12A Problem 7", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/11_amc12A_p08", "prev": "/problem/11_amc12A_p06"}}