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Jenny's Free Throws

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January 5, 2009

Problem Statement

At each basketball practice last week, Jenny made twice as many free throws as she made at the previous practice. At her fifth practice she made 48 48 free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 6<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 9<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 12<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 15 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 3\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 6\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 9\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 12\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 15