{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "On Halloween Casper ate $1/3$ of his candies and then gave $2$ candies to his brother. The next day he ate $1/3$ of his remaining candies and then gave $4$ candies to his sister. On the third day he ate his final $8$ candies. How many candies did Casper have at the beginning?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 30 \\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 39 \\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 48 \\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 57 \\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 66$", "description_html": "<p>On Halloween Casper ate  <span class=\"katex--inline\">1/3</span>  of his candies and then gave  <span class=\"katex--inline\">2</span>  candies to his brother. The next day he ate  <span class=\"katex--inline\">1/3</span>  of his remaining candies and then gave  <span class=\"katex--inline\">4</span>  candies to his sister. On the third day he ate his final  <span class=\"katex--inline\">8</span>  candies. How many candies did Casper have at the beginning?</p>\n<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ 30 \\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ 39 \\qquad\\textbf{(C)}\\ 48 \\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ 57 \\qquad\\textbf{(E)}\\ 66</span> </p>\n<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": 1, "problem_name": "2011 AMC 10B Problem 6", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/11_amc10B_p07", "prev": "/problem/11_amc10B_p05"}}