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1959 AHSME Problem 29
On a examination of n questions a student answers correctly 15 of the first 20. Of the remaining questions he answers one third correctly. All the questions have the same credit. If the student's mark is 50%, how many different values of n can there be? \textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{the problem cannot be solved}
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