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Counting Earrings in African Village

925BeginnerCombinatoricsAlgebra

Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad

In a certain African village live 800 women. Of these, $3\%$ wear only one earring; of the rest, half wear two earrings and the other half wear none. What is the total number of earrings worn by all the women? A) 776 B) 788 C) 800 D) 812 E) 824
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