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Anna, Bella, and a Kitten (2022 AMC 8 P5)

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January 25, 2022
AMC 82022 AMC 8

Problem Statement

Anna and Bella are celebrating their birthdays together. Five years ago, when Bella turned 66 years old, she received a newborn kitten as a birthday present. Today the sum of the ages of the two children and the kitten is 3030 years. How many years older than Bella is Anna?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 1<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 2<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 4<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 5<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span> ~1\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span> ~2\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span> ~3\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span> ~4\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span> ~5\qquad