2014 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
What is 
$\textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{25}{2}\qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ \frac{170}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 170$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
Sum the fractions over the common denominator: 
Now the answer is just some arithmetic: 
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