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1989 AJHSME Problem 21
Jack had a bag of 128 apples. He sold 25\% of them to Jill. Next he sold 25\% of those remaining to June. Of those apples still in his bag, he gave the shiniest one to his teacher. How many apples did Jack have then?
\text{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 63 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 65 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 71 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 111
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