题目
Last Year a company gave bonuses to a number of employees, but only in the three amounts of $750, $1500, and $7,350. If the total amount of the bonuses was $64800 and each of the three amounts was given to at least one employee, what is the fewest number of bonuses that the company could have given to employees last year?
解析
假设发放了 \(x\) 份750美元奖金、\(y\) 份1500美元奖金、\(z\) 份7350美元奖金。那么我们可以得到方程:
\[
750x + 1500y + 7350z = 64800
\]
两边同时除以150进行化简:
\[
5x + 10y + 49z = 432
\]
目标是最小化 \(x + y + z\)。那需要最大化 \(z\) 的数量。\(z\) 的值不能为9或更高,因此我们试 \(z = 8\)。此时方程变为:
\[
5x + 10y + 392 = 432
\]
\[
5x + 10y = 40
\]
接下来,我们最大化 \(y\) 的数量。由于 \(x > 0\),\(y\) 的最大值为3,此时 \(x = 2\)。
因此,\(x + y + z = 2 + 3 + 8 = 13\)。
答案:D。