{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result by 9. Instead, she subtracted 9 and then divided the result by 3, giving an answer of 43. What would her answer have been had she worked the problem correctly?\n\n$\\mathrm{(A) \\ } 15\\qquad \\mathrm{(B) \\ } 34\\qquad \\mathrm{(C) \\ } 43\\qquad \\mathrm{(D) \\ } 51\\qquad \\mathrm{(E) \\ } 138$\n___\nFull credit goes to [MAA](https://maa.org/) for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the [AOPS](https://artofproblemsolving.com/) website.", "description_html": "<p>Cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result by 9. Instead, she subtracted 9 and then divided the result by 3, giving an answer of 43. What would her answer have been had she worked the problem correctly?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\mathrm{(A) \\ } 15\\qquad \\mathrm{(B) \\ } 34\\qquad \\mathrm{(C) \\ } 43\\qquad \\mathrm{(D) \\ } 51\\qquad \\mathrm{(E) \\ } 138</span> </p>&#10;<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 2, "problem_name": "2002 AMC 12A Problem 2", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/02_amc12A_p03", "prev": "/problem/02_amc12A_p01"}}