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2006 Cayley Problem 19

In a bin at the Cayley Convenience Store, there are 200 candies. Of these candies, 90\% are black and the rest are gold. After Yehudi eats some of the black candies, 80\% of the remaining candies in the bin are black. How many black candies did Yehudi eat?

\textbf{(A)}\ 2\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 20\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 40\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 100\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 160

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