document.write( "Question 1134768: A student was hired by a city's maintenance department to paint house numbers on the curbs in a particular neighborhood. Each digit had to be painted separately, and the student was paid 50 cents per digit. He painted house numbers from 1-225. How much did he earn?\r
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document.write( "9  one-digit numbers from 1 to 9:  9 digits, in all.\r\n" );
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document.write( "90 two-digit numbers from 10 to 99:  2*90 = 180 digits, in all.\r\n" );
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document.write( "225-99 = 126 three-digit numbers from 100 to 225:  3*126 = 378 digits, in all.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total number of the digits  is  9 + 180 + 378 = 567.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The student earns  0.5*567 = 283.50 dollars.     ANSWER\r\n" );
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