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AMC 12 2012b Problem 14

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Bernardo and Silvia play the following game. An integer between 00 and 999999 inclusive is selected and given to Bernardo. Whenever Bernardo receives a number, he doubles it and passes the result to Silvia. Whenever Silvia receives a number, she adds 5050 to it and passes the result to Bernardo. The winner is the last person who produces a number less than 10001000. Let NN be the smallest initial number that results in a win for Bernardo. What is the sum of the digits of NN?

\textbf{(A)}\ 7 \textbf{(B)}\ 8 \textbf{(C)}\ 9 \textbf{(D)}\ 10 \textbf{(E)}\ 11

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

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