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Part of 1988 AMC 8

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1988 AJHSME #12

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6/21/2011
Suppose the estimated 2020 billion dollar cost to send a person to the planet Mars is shared equally by the 250250 million people in the U.S. Then each person's share is
(A) 40 dollars(B) 50 dollars(C) 80 dollars(D) 100 dollars(E) 125 dollars \text{(A)}\ 40\text{ dollars}\qquad\text{(B)}\ 50\text{ dollars}\qquad\text{(C)}\ 80\text{ dollars}\qquad\text{(D)}\ 100\text{ dollars}\qquad\text{(E)}\ 125\text{ dollars}