2024 Gauss 8 Problem 14

A container of ice cream can make 6 cones or it can make 4 sundaes. If 5 such containers of ice cream are used to make 12 cones, what is the greatest number of sundaes that can be made with the ice cream that remains?

\textbf{(A)}\ 4\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 8\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 12\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 16\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 20

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