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The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number <math> 1</math>. The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number <math> 9</math> and four centers to label locker number <math> 10</math>. If it costs 137.94 to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school? | {{solution}} | ||
==Problem== | |||
The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number <math> 1</math>. The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number <math> 9</math> and four centers to label locker number <math> 10</math>. If it costs $137.94 to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school? | |||
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2001 \qquad | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2001 \qquad | ||
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\textbf{(D)}\ 2726 \qquad | \textbf{(D)}\ 2726 \qquad | ||
\textbf{(E)}\ 6897</math> | \textbf{(E)}\ 6897</math> | ||
==See Also== | |||
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Problem
The student locker numbers at Olympic High are numbered consecutively beginning with locker number 
. The plastic digits used to number the lockers cost two cents apiece. Thus, it costs two cents to label locker number 
and four centers to label locker number 
. If it costs $137.94 to label all the lockers, how many lockers are there at the school?
See Also
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