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1958 AHSME Problem 32
With 1000 a rancher is to buy steers at 25 each and cows at 26 each. If the number of steers s and the number of cows c$ are both positive integers, then:
\textbf{(A)}\ \text{this problem has no solution}\qquad\\ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{there are two solutions with }{s}\text{ exceeding }{c}\qquad \\ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{there are two solutions with }{c}\text{ exceeding }{s}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{there is one solution with }{s}\text{ exceeding }{c}\qquad \\ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{there is one solution with }{c}\text{ exceeding }{s}
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