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Combinatorics Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

The number $2581953764$ is written on a strip of paper. Dilraj cuts the strip twice and gets three numbers. Then he adds these three numbers. What is the smallest possible sum he could get?

(A) $2675$ (B) $2975$ (C) $2978$ (D) $4217$ (E) $4298$

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