SOLUTION: Rani earned x dollars on Saturday and y dollars on Sunday. She plans to save 25% of the money she earned over the weekend and spend the rest. Write an expression for the amount of

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Question 1188504: Rani earned x dollars on Saturday and y dollars on Sunday. She plans to save 25% of the money she earned over the weekend and spend the rest. Write an expression for the amount of money Rani saves.
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Rani earned x dollars on Saturday and y dollars on Sunday. She plans to save 25% of the money she earned
over the weekend and spend the rest. Write an expression for the amount of money Rani highlight%28cross%28saves%29%29 is planning to save.
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This expression is 

    0.25*(x+y).


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We don't know  (and the problem does not provide any info about it)  on how much she saves.

From the problem,  we only know how much she is  planning  to save.


Different parts of a  Math problem  MUST  BE  CONSISTENT.


Otherwise,  it is not a  Math problem.
Otherwise,  it is a game of thimblers.


It is the major lesson for you to learn from my response.