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AMC 8 1994 Problem 17

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Pauline Bunyan can shovel snow at the rate of 2020 cubic yards for the first hour, 1919 cubic yards for the second, 1818 for the third, etc., always shoveling one cubic yard less per hour than the previous hour. If her driveway is 44 yards wide, 1010 yards long, and covered with snow 33 yards deep, then the number of hours it will take her to shovel it clean is closest to (A) 4(B) 5(C) 6(D) 7(E) 12\text{(A)}\ 4 \text{(B)}\ 5 \text{(C)}\ 6 \text{(D)}\ 7 \text{(E)}\ 12

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