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If 15 people contributed a total of $20.00 toward a gift and each of them contributed at least $1.00, then the maximum possible amount any one person could have contributed is

(A) $1.00
(B) $1.25
(C) $5.00
(D) $6.00
(E) $20.00

[spoiler]OA=D[/spoiler].

I know that options A and E are not possible. But, how can I discard the rest of the options?
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by [email protected] » Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:03 am
Hi GMAT_mission,

We're told that 15 people contributed a total of $20.00 toward a gift and each person contributed at least $1.00. We're asked for the maximum possible amount that any one person could have contributed. This is essentially a 'limit' question and comes down to a bit Arithmetic and a bit of logic.

To maximize the amount that one person could give, we have to minimize the amounts that everyone else gives. We know the minimum amount is $1.00, and if 14 of the 15 people gave just $1, then that would total (14)($1) = $14. This leaves $6 for the last person to give.

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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:26 pm
Gmat_mission wrote:If 15 people contributed a total of $20.00 toward a gift and each of them contributed at least $1.00, then the maximum possible amount any one person could have contributed is

(A) $1.00
(B) $1.25
(C) $5.00
(D) $6.00
(E) $20.00
If 14 people contributed 1 dollar, then the remaining person would have had to contribute 6 dollars.

Answer: D

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