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Henry the Donkey Eating Some Pasta (2022 AMC 8 P11)
Source:
1/25/2022
Henry the donkey has a very long piece of pasta. He takes a number of bites of pasta, each time eating
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inches of pasta from the middle of one piece. In the end, he has
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pieces of pasta whose total length is
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inches. How long, in inches, was the piece of pasta he started with?
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<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span> ~34\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span> ~38\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span> ~41\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span> ~44\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span> ~47\qquad
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