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2007 Cayley Problem 18
There are a certain number of red balls, green balls and blue balls in a bag. Of the balls in the bag, \frac{1}{3} are red and \frac{2}{7} are blue. The number of green balls in the bag is 8 less than twice the number of blue balls. The number of green balls in the bag is
\textbf{(A)}\ 12\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 16\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 20\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 24\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 28
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