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number theory junior

Problem

After Euclid High School's last basketball game, it was determined that of the team's points were scored by Alexa and were scored by Brittany. Chelsea scored points. None of the other team members scored more than points. What was the total number of points scored by the other team members?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Given the information above, we start with the equation ,where is the total number of points scored and is the number of points scored by the remaining 7 team members, we can simplify to obtain the Diophantine equation , or . Since is necessarily divisible by 28, let where and divide by 28 to obtain . Then, it is easy to see () is the only candidate remaining, giving .
Final answer
B