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Jellybeans

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January 24, 2006

Problem Statement

Each day, Jenny ate 20% 20\% of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of the day. At the end of the second day, 32 32 remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 40<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 50<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 55<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 60<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 75 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 40\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 50 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 55 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 60\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 75