At the start of $2015,$ Jane opened two new accounts $X$ and $Y$ to invest her total savings of $\$1000.$ She

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At the start of $2015,$ Jane opened two new accounts $X$ and $Y$ to invest her total savings of $\$1000.$ She invested $p$ percent of her savings in account $X,$ which yielded a simple interest of $8$ percent per annum, and the rest of the savings in account $Y,$ which yielded a simple interest of $6$ percent per annum. Was the amount of interest earned by account $X$ greater than the amount of interest earned by account $Y$ during the year $2015?$

(1) The value of $p$ was between $25$ and $30,$ inclusive.

(2) The total interest earned by the two accounts during $2015$ was $\$66.$

Answer: D

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