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1991 AHSME Problem 16
One hundred students at Century High School participated in the AHSME last year, and their mean score was 100. The number of non-seniors taking the AHSME was 50\% more than the number of seniors, and the mean score of the seniors was 50\% higher than that of the non-seniors. What was the mean score of the seniors?
\textbf{(A) } 100\qquad \textbf{(B) } 112.5\qquad \textbf{(C) } 120\qquad \textbf{(D) } 125\qquad \textbf{(E) } 150
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