Tourist purchased a total of 30 travelers checks in $50 and $100 denominations. The total worth of the travelers checks is $1800. How many checks of $50 denominations can he spend so that average amount (arithmetic mean) of the remaining travelers checks is $75?
Pick.
A) 4  B) 18  C) 15  D) 20  E) 24

Rationale: you could set - up a quick table and brute force the answer . a 4 * 50 200 1800 - 200 1600 26 61.54 b 18 * 50 600 1800 - 900 0900 12 75.00 c 15 * 50 750 1800 - 750 1050 15 70.00 d 20 * 50 1000 1800 - 1000 800 10 80.00 e 24 * 50 1200 1800 - 1200 600 6 100.00 answer is b
Answer: B