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AMC 8 2020 Problem 13

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Jamal has a drawer containing 66 green socks, 1818 purple socks, and 1212 orange socks. After adding more purple socks, Jamal noticed that there is now a 60%60\% chance that a sock randomly selected from the drawer is purple. How many purple socks did Jamal add? (A) 6(B) 9(C) 12(D) 18(E) 24\textbf{(A) }6 \textbf{(B) }9 \textbf{(C) }12 \textbf{(D) }18 \textbf{(E) }24

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