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Problem

What is $100(100-3)-(100\cdot100-3)$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ -20,000 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ -10,000 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ -297 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ -6 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 0$

Solution

We first expand the first term, simplify, and then compute to get an answer of $\boxed{\textbf{(C)}\ -297}$.

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