HMMT November 2018 H4
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I have two cents and Bill has cents. Bill wants to buy some pencils, which come in two different packages. One package of pencils costs 6 cents for 7 pencils, and the other package of pencils costs a dime for a dozen pencils (i.e. 10 cents for 12 pencils). Bill notes that he can spend all of his cents on some combination of pencil packages to get pencils. However, if I give my two cents to Bill, he then notes that he can instead spend all of his cents on some combination of pencil packages to get fewer than pencils. What is the smallest value of for which this is possible? Note: Both times Bill must spend all of his cents on pencil packages, i.e. have zero cents after either purchase.
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