Henry the donkey has a very long piece of pasta. He takes a number of bites of pasta, each time eating $3$ inches of pasta from the middle of one piece. In the end, he has $10$ pieces of pasta whose total length is $17$ inches. How long, in inches, was the piece of pasta he started with? 
选项为:A:$$34$$  B:$$38$$  C:$$41$$  D:$$44$$  E:$$47$$  请回答其中一个选项.