Seven students shared the cost of a $\$ 26.00$ pizza. Each student paid either $\$ 3.71$ or $\$ 3.72$. How many students paid $\$ 3.72$ ?
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 4
(E) 2
We can rephrase the given information by saying that each of the seven students paid $\$ 3.71$ and some of the students paid an extra $\$ 0.01$.

Since $7 \times \$ 3.71=\$ 25.97$ and the pizza cost $\$ 26.00$ in total, then the students who paid the extra $\$ 0.01$ each must make up the final $\$ 0.03$ of the cost of the pizza.

Therefore, 3 students each paid an additional $\$ 0.01$ and so paid $\$ 3.72$ in total.

ANswer: (B)