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AMC 12 2018a Problem 1

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A large urn contains 100100 balls, of which 36%36 \% are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be 72%72 \%? (No red balls are to be removed.)

\textbf{(A)}\ 28 \textbf{(B)}\ 32 \textbf{(C)}\ 36 \textbf{(D)}\ 50 \textbf{(E)}\ 64

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