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Restaurant Dinner

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January 9, 2009

Problem Statement

A restaurant offers three desserts, and exactly twice as many appetizers as main courses. A dinner consists of an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert. What is the least number of main courses that the restaurant should offer so that a customer could have a different dinner each night in the year 2003 2003? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 4<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 5<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 6<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 7<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 8 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 4 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 5 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 6 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 7 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 8