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2000 Gauss 8 Problem 14

A set of five different positive integers has an average (arithmetic mean) of 11. What is the largest possible number in this set?

\textbf{(A)}\ 45\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 40\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 35\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 44\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 46

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