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1994 AMC 12/AHSME
5
5
Part of
1994 AMC 12/AHSME
Problems
(1)
1994 AMC 12 #5
Source:
12/30/2011
Pat intended to multiply a number by
6
6
6
but instead divided by
6
6
6
. Pat then meant to add
14
14
14
but instead subtracted
14
14
14
. After these mistakes, the result was
16
16
16
. If the correct operations had been used, the value produced would have been
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<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \text{less than 400} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \text{between 400 and 600} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \text{between 600 and 800} \\ <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \text{between 800 and 1000} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{greater than 1000}
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