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1952 AHSME Problem 38
The area of a trapezoidal field is 1400 square yards. Its altitude is 50 yards. Find the two bases, if the number of yards in each base is an integer divisible by 8. The number of solutions to this problem is:
\textbf{(A)}\ \text{none} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{one} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{two} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{three} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{more than three}
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