document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1105769>Question 1105769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cecilia gave 3/8 of her salary to her parents. She spent $120 more on a tv than the amount she had given to her parents and had $180 left.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how much did she spend on the tv.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer from the other tutor was fine.  Here is a different approach to the problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let her salary be x.  Then...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she gave (3/8)x to her parents;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she spent (3/8)x+$120 on a TV;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she had $180 left<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s+=+1200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s+=+1200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Her salary is $1200; 3/8 of that is $450; $120 more is $570.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "She spent $570 on the TV. </SPAN>\n" );
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