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Jasmine had 2 paperclips on Monday, then she had 6 on Tuesday, and her number of paperclips proceeded to triple on each subsequent day. On what day of the week did she first have more than 100 paperclips?

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Each day Jenny makes half as many free throws as she does at the next practice. Hence on the fourth day she made $\frac{1}{2} \cdot 48 = 24$ free throws, on the third $12$ , on the second $6$ , and on the first $3 \Rightarrow \mathrm{(A)}$ .

Because there are five days, or four transformations between days (day 1 $\rightarrow$ day 2 $\rightarrow$ day 3 $\rightarrow$ day 4 $\rightarrow$ day 5), she makes $48 \cdot \frac{1}{2^4} = \boxed{\mathrm{(A)}\ 3}$

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-==Problem==
+Jasmine had 2 paperclips on Monday, then she had 6 on Tuesday, and her number of paperclips proceeded to triple on each subsequent day. On what day of the week did she first have more than 100 paperclips?
-At each basketball practice last week, Jenny made twice as many free throws as she made at the previous practice. At her fifth practice she made <math>48</math> free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice?
-<math>\mathrm{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \mathrm{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \mathrm{(C)}\ 9 \qquad \mathrm{(D)}\ 12 \qquad \mathrm{(E)}\ 15</math>
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