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Penniless Pete's piggy bank has no pennies in it, but it has 100 coins, all nickels,dimes, and quarters, whose total value is $8.35. It does not necessarily contain coins of all three types. What is the difference between the largest and smallest number of dimes that could be in the bank?

$\text {(A) } 0 \qquad \text {(B) } 13 \qquad \text {(C) } 37 \qquad \text {(D) } 64 \qquad \text {(E) } 83$ The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions. AMC logo.png