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Problem

A man buys a house for $10,000 and rents it. He puts $12\frac{1}{2}\%$ of each month's rent aside for repairs and upkeep; pays $325 a year taxes and realizes $5\frac{1}{2}\%$ on his investment. The monthly rent (in dollars) is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ \64.82\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \83.33\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \72.08\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \45.83\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \177.08$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)

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