{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "A dessert chef prepares the dessert for every day of a week starting with Sunday. The dessert each day is either cake, pie, ice cream, or pudding. The same dessert may not be served two days in a row. There must be cake on Friday because of a birthday. How many different dessert menus for the week are possible?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 729\\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 972\\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 1024\\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 2187\\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 2304$\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>A dessert chef prepares the dessert for every day of a week starting with Sunday. The dessert each day is either cake, pie, ice cream, or pudding. The same dessert may not be served two days in a row. There must be cake on Friday because of a birthday. How many different dessert menus for the week are possible?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ 729\\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 972\\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 1024\\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 2187\\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 2304</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": "2012 AMC 12B Problem 8", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/12_amc12B_p09", "prev": "/problem/12_amc12B_p07"}}