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1980 AHSME Problem 15
A store prices an item in dollars and cents so that when 4% sales tax is added, no rounding is necessary because the result is exactly n dollars where n is a positive integer. The smallest value of n is
\text{(A)} \ 1 \qquad \text{(B)} \ 13 \qquad \text{(C)} \ 25 \qquad \text{(D)} \ 26 \qquad \text{(E)} \ 100
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