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1996 AHSME Problem 7

A father takes his twins and a younger child out to dinner on the twins' birthday. The restaurant charges 4.95 for the father and 0.45 for each year of a child's age, where age is defined as the age at the most recent birthday. If the bill is 9.45, which of the following could be the age of the youngest child?

\text{(A)}\ 1\qquad\text{(B)}\ 2\qquad\text{(C)}\ 3\qquad\text{(D)}\ 4\qquad\text{(E)}\ 5


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