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Part of 1989 AMC 8

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1989 AJHSME Problem 6

Source:

6/25/2011
If the markings on the number line are equally spaced, what is the number y\text{y}?
[asy] draw((-4,0)--(26,0),Arrows); for(int a=0; a<6; ++a) { draw((4a,-1)--(4a,1)); } label("0",(0,-1),S); label("20",(20,-1),S); label("y",(12,-1),S); [/asy]
(A) 3(B) 10(C) 12(D) 15(E) 16\text{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 10 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 16