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AMC 12 2023b Problem 18

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Last academic year Yolanda and Zelda took different courses that did not necessarily administer the same number of quizzes during each of the two semesters. Yolanda's average on all the quizzes she took during the first semester was 33 points higher than Zelda's average on all the quizzes she took during the first semester. Yolanda's average on all the quizzes she took during the second semester was 1818 points higher than her average for the first semester and was again 33 points higher than Zelda's average on all the quizzes Zelda took during her second semester. Which one of the following statements cannot possibly be true?

If Zelda had scored 33 points higher on each quiz she took, then she would have had the same average for the academic year as Yolanda.

\textbf{(A)}Yolanda′squizaveragefortheacademicyearwasYolanda's quiz average for the academic year was22pointshigherthanZelda′s.points higher than Zelda's.\textbf{(B)}Zelda′squizaveragefortheacademicyearwashigherthanYolanda′s.Zelda's quiz average for the academic year was higher than Yolanda's.\textbf{(C)}Yolanda′squizaveragefortheacademicyearwasYolanda's quiz average for the academic year was3pointshigherthanZelda′s.points higher than Zelda's.\textbf{(D)}Zelda′squizaveragefortheacademicyearequaledYolanda′s.Zelda's quiz average for the academic year equaled Yolanda's.\textbf{(E)}

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