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 ?
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
divide(subtract(multiply(75, 30), 1800), subtract(75, 50))