{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Paula the painter and her two helpers each paint at constant, but different, rates.  They always start at $\\text{8:00 AM}$, and all three always take the same amount of time to eat lunch.  On Monday the three of them painted $50\\%$ of a house, quitting at $\\text{4:00 PM}$.  On Tuesday, when Paula wasn't there, the two helpers painted only $24\\%$ of the house and quit at $\\text{2:12 PM}$.  On Wednesday Paula worked by herself and finished the house by working until $\\text{7:12 PM}$.  How long, in minutes, was each day's lunch break?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 30<br>\\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 36<br>\\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 42<br>\\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 48<br>\\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 60$\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>Paula the painter and her two helpers each paint at constant, but different, rates.  They always start at  <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{8:00 AM}</span> , and all three always take the same amount of time to eat lunch.  On Monday the three of them painted  <span class=\"katex--inline\">50\\%</span>  of a house, quitting at  <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{4:00 PM}</span> .  On Tuesday, when Paula wasn&#8217;t there, the two helpers painted only  <span class=\"katex--inline\">24\\%</span>  of the house and quit at  <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{2:12 PM}</span> .  On Wednesday Paula worked by herself and finished the house by working until  <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{7:12 PM}</span> .  How long, in minutes, was each day&#8217;s lunch break?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ 30\\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 36\\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 42\\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 48\\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 60</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": 3, "problem_name": "2012 AMC 12A Problem 13", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/12_amc12A_p14", "prev": "/problem/12_amc12A_p12"}}