Each year for 4 years, a farmer increased the number of trees in a certain orchard by $$\frac{1}{4}$$ of the number of trees in the orchard the preceding year. If all of the trees thrived and there were 6,250 trees in the orchard at the end of the 4-year period, how many trees were in the orchard at the beginning of the 4-year period?
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A1,250
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B1,563
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C2,250
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D 2,560
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E2,752