AAPL wrote:GMAT Prep

At a certain bookstore, each notepad costs x dollars and each marker costs y dollars. If $10 is enough to buy 5 notepads and 3 markers, is $10 enough to buy 4 notepads and 4 markers instead?

1) Each notepad cost less than $1.
2) $10 is enough to buy 11 notepads.

Do not forget that there are noninteger dollar values, but all values in cents are integers!

$$\left\{ \matrix{
\,{\rm{notepads}}\,,\,\,\$ \,n\,\,{\rm{cents}}\,\,{\rm{each}}\,\,\,\left( {n = 100x} \right) \hfill \cr
\,{\rm{markers}}\,,\,\,\$ \,m\,\,{\rm{cents}}\,\,{\rm{each}}\,\,\,\left( {m = 100y} \right) \hfill \cr} \right.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,5n + 3m \le 1000\,\,\,\left[ {{\rm{cents}}} \right]\,\,\,\,\left( * \right)$$

$$\left( 1 \right)\,\,n < 100\,\,\,\left\{ \matrix{
\,{\rm{Take}}\,\,\left( {n,m} \right) = \left( {50\,,\,200} \right)\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\left\langle {{\rm{YES}}} \right\rangle \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left[ {\,250 + 600 < 1000\,\,\left( * \right)\,} \right]\,\,\,\,\,\, \hfill \cr
\,{\rm{Take}}\,\,\left( {n,m} \right)\, = \left( {50,210} \right)\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\left\langle {{\rm{NO}}} \right\rangle \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left[ {\,250 + 630 < 1000\,\,\left( * \right)\,} \right]\,\,\, \hfill \cr} \right.$$

$$\left( 2 \right)\,\,11n \le 1000\,\,\,\,\mathop \Leftrightarrow \limits^{n\,\,{\mathop{\rm int}} } \,\,\,\,n \le 90\,\,\,\left\{ \matrix{
\,\left( {{\rm{Re}}} \right){\rm{Take}}\,\,\left( {n,m} \right) = \left( {50,200} \right)\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\left\langle {{\rm{YES}}} \right\rangle \,\, \hfill \cr
\,\left( {{\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} } \right){\rm{Take}}\,\,\left( {n,m} \right)\, = \left( {50,210} \right)\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\left\langle {{\rm{NO}}} \right\rangle \hfill \cr} \right.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$

$$ \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\left( {\rm{E}} \right)$$

This solution follows the notations and rationale taught in the GMATH method.

Regards,
Fabio.