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2010 AMC 8 #12

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May 21, 2011

Problem Statement

Of the 500500 balls in a large bag, 80%80\% are red and the rest are blue. How many of the red balls must be removed so that 75%75\% of the remaining balls are red?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 25<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 50<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 75<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 100<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 150 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 25 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 50\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 75\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 100\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 150