Each day, Jenny ate of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of the day

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Problem

Each day, Jenny ate 20%20 \% of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of the day. At the end of the second day, 32 remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?

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