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2002 AMC 8 Problem 25

Loki, Moe, Nick and Ott are good friends. Ott had no money, but the others did. Moe gave Ott one-fifth of his money, Loki gave Ott one-fourth of his money and Nick gave Ott one-third of his money. Each gave Ott the same amount of money. What fractional part of the group's money does Ott now have?

\text{(A)}\ \frac{1}{10} \qquad \text{(B)}\ \frac{1}{4} \qquad \text{(C)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad \text{(D)}\ \frac{2}{5} \qquad \text{(E)}\ \frac{1}{2}


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