{"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$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 2500 \\qquad \\textbf{(B)}\\ 3000 \\qquad \\textbf{(C)}\\ 3500 \\qquad \\textbf{(D)}\\ 4000 \\qquad \\textbf{(E)}\\ 4500$<br>([[2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 6|Solution]])\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": "<p>Postman Pete has a pedometer to count his steps. The pedometer records up to  <span class=\"katex--inline\">99999</span>  steps, then flips over to  <span class=\"katex--inline\">00000</span>  on the next step. Pete plans to determine his mileage for a year. On January  <span class=\"katex--inline\">1</span>  Pete sets the pedometer to  <span class=\"katex--inline\">00000</span> . During the year, the pedometer flips from  <span class=\"katex--inline\">99999</span>  to  <span class=\"katex--inline\">00000</span>  forty-four times. On December  <span class=\"katex--inline\">31</span>  the pedometer reads  <span class=\"katex--inline\">50000</span> . Pete takes  <span class=\"katex--inline\">1800</span>  steps per mile. Which of the following is closest to the number of miles Pete walked during the year?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ 2500 \\qquad \\textbf{(B)}\\ 3000 \\qquad \\textbf{(C)}\\ 3500 \\qquad \\textbf{(D)}\\ 4000 \\qquad \\textbf{(E)}\\ 4500</span> <br/>([[2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 6|Solution]])</p>&#10;<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 2, "problem_name": "2008 AMC 12B Problem 6", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/08_amc12B_p07", "prev": "/problem/08_amc12B_p05"}}