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Friends Go Shopping

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January 18, 2009

Problem Statement

Ashley, Betty, Carlos, Dick, and Elgin went shopping. Each had a whole number of dollars to spend, and together they had $56 \$56. The absolute difference between the amounts Ashley and Betty had to spend was $19 \$19. The absolute difference between the amounts Betty and Carlos had was $7 \$7, between Carlos and Dick was $5 \$5, between Dick and Elgin was $4 \$4, and between Elgin and Ashley was $11 \$11. How much did Elgin have? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> $6<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> $7<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> $8<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> $9<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> $10 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \$6\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \$7\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \$8\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \$9\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \$10