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Solving a word question

Source: 1959 AHSME Problem 29

August 14, 2013
functionAMCalgebraAMC 12

Problem Statement

On a examination of nn questions a student answers correctly 1515 of the first 2020. Of the remaining questions he answers one third correctly. All the questions have the same credit. If the student's mark is 50%50\%, how many different values of nn can there be? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 4<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 2<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 1<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> the problem cannot be solved <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 4 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 3\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 2\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 1\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{the problem cannot be solved}