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AMC 12 2000 Problem 3

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Each day, Jenny ate 20%20\% of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, 3232 remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?

\textbf{(A)}\ 40 \textbf{(B)}\ 50 \textbf{(C)}\ 55 \textbf{(D)}\ 60 \textbf{(E)}\ 75

Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.

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