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1986 AHSME Problem 12

John scores 93 on this year's AHSME. Had the old scoring system still been in effect, he would score only 84 for the same answers. How many questions does he leave unanswered? (In the new scoring system that year, one received 5 points for each correct answer, 0 points for each wrong answer, and 2 points for each problem left unanswered. In the previous scoring system, one started with 30 points, received 4 more for each correct answer, lost 1 point for each wrong answer, and neither gained nor lost points for unanswered questions.)

\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 9\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 11\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 14\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{Not uniquely determined}


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