{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Postman Pete has a pedometer to count his steps. The pedometer records up to $99999$ steps, then flips over to $00000$ on the next step. Pete plans to determine his mileage for a year. On January $1$ Pete sets the pedometer to $00000$. During the year, the pedometer flips from $99999$ to $00000$ forty-four times. On December $31$ the pedometer reads $50000$. Pete takes $1800$ steps per mile. Which of the following is closest to the number of miles Pete walked during the year?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 2500 \\qquad \\textbf{(B)}\\ 3000 \\qquad \\textbf{(C)}\\ 3500 \\qquad \\textbf{(D)}\\ 4000 \\qquad \\textbf{(E)}\\ 4500$
\n___\nFull credit goes to [MAA](https://maa.org/) for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the [AOPS](https://artofproblemsolving.com/) website.", "description_html": "

Postman Pete has a pedometer to count his steps. The pedometer records up to 99999 steps, then flips over to 00000 on the next step. Pete plans to determine his mileage for a year. On January 1 Pete sets the pedometer to 00000. During the year, the pedometer flips from 99999 to 00000 forty-four times. On December 31 the pedometer reads 50000. Pete takes 1800 steps per mile. Which of the following is closest to the number of miles Pete walked during the year?

\\textbf{(A)}\\ 2500 \\qquad \\textbf{(B)}\\ 3000 \\qquad \\textbf{(C)}\\ 3500 \\qquad \\textbf{(D)}\\ 4000 \\qquad \\textbf{(E)}\\ 4500

Full credit goes to MAA for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the AOPS website.

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