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AMC 12 2018a Problem 4

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Alice, Bob, and Charlie were on a hike and were wondering how far away the nearest town was. When Alice said, "We are at least 66 miles away," Bob replied, "We are at most 55 miles away." Charlie then remarked, "Actually the nearest town is at most 44 miles away." It turned out that none of the three statements were true. Let dd be the distance in miles to the nearest town. Which of the following intervals is the set of all possible values of dd?

(A) (0,4)(B) (4,5)(C) (4,6)(D) (5,6)(E) (5,∞)\textbf{(A) } (0,4) \textbf{(B) } (4,5) \textbf{(C) } (4,6) \textbf{(D) } (5,6) \textbf{(E) } (5,\infty)

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