AMC8 2002 Problem 9

Juan organizes the stamps in his collection by country and by the decade in which they were issued. The prices he paid for them at a stamp shop were: Brazil and France, 6 \phi each, Peru 4 \phi each, and

Number of Stamps by Decade

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \textbf{Country} & \textbf{'50s} & \textbf{'60s} & \textbf{'70s} & \textbf{'80s} \\ \hline \text{Brazil} & 4 & 7 & 12 & 8 \\ \hline \text{France} & 8 & 4 & 12 & 15 \\ \hline \text{Peru} & 6 & 4 & 6 & 10 \\ \hline \text{Spain} & 3 & 9 & 13 & 9 \\ \hline \end{array}

Juan’s Stamp Collection Spain 5 \$ each. (Brazil and Peru are South American countries and France and Spain are in Europe.) His South American stamps issued before the '70s cost him

Answer Choices
A. \$ 0.40
B. \$ 1.06
C. \$ 1.80
D. \$ 2.38
E. \$ 2.64