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Balls in an Urn

Source: 2018 AMC12A #1

February 8, 2018
AMCAMC 12AMC 12 A

Problem Statement

A large urn contains 100100 balls, of which 36%36\% are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be 72%?72\%? (No red balls are to be removed.)
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>28<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>32<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>36<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>50<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>64 <span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>28 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>32 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>36 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>50 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>64 \qquad