Problem
1960 AHSME Problem 29
Five times A's money added to B's money is more than \$51.00. Three times A's money minus B's money is \$21.00. If a represents A's money in dollars and b represents B's money in dollars, then:
\textbf{(A)}\ a>9, b>6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ a>9, b<6 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ a>9, b=6\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ a>9, \text{but we can put no bounds on} \text{ } b\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2a=3b
Full credit goes to MAA for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the AOPS website.
Want to contribute problems and receive full credit? Click here to add your problem!
Please report any issues to us in our Discord server
Go to previous contest problem (SHIFT + Left Arrow) Go to next contest problem (SHIFT + Right Arrow)
Problem feedback
Difficulty
—