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Part of 1988 AMC 8

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1988 AJHSME #1

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6/21/2011
The diagram shows part of a scale of a measuring device. The arrow indicates an approximate reading of [asy] draw((-3,0)..(0,3)..(3,0)); draw((-3.5,0)--(-2.5,0)); draw((0,2.5)--(0,3.5)); draw((2.5,0)--(3.5,0)); draw((1.8,1.8)--(2.5,2.5)); draw((-1.8,1.8)--(-2.5,2.5)); draw((0,0)--3*dir(120),EndArrow); label("1010",(-2.6,0),E); label("1111",(2.6,0),W);[/asy]
(A) 10.05(B) 10.15(C) 10.25(D) 10.3(E) 10.6 \text{(A)}\ 10.05\qquad\text{(B)}\ 10.15\qquad\text{(C)}\ 10.25\qquad\text{(D)}\ 10.3\qquad\text{(E)}\ 10.6