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1998 Gauss (7) #12

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February 26, 2017
Gauss

Problem Statement

Steve plants ten trees every three minutes. If he continues planting at the same rate, how long will it take him to plant 2500 trees?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 1 1/4<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 5<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 10<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 12 1/2<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 1~1/4 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 3 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 5 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 10 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 12~1/2