SOLUTION: Candice paid her parents $45 for rent and divided the rest of her paycheck evenly into a checking account, a savings account, and a retirement fund. She put $192 into her savings a

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Question 1044207: Candice paid her parents $45 for rent and divided the rest of her paycheck evenly into a checking account, a savings account, and a retirement fund. She put $192 into her savings account.
Write and equation and answer how much was candice paid.
Please help!

Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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After paying $ 45 for rent,
Candice divided the rest of her paycheck evenly into three equal parts.
One of those 3 equal parts, in $ was
green%28192%29 that went into her savings account.
The other two parts, in $, were
red%28192%29 that went into a checking account,
and
blue%28192%29 that went into a retirement fund.
Putting the parts back together, you see that the total of her paycheck was.
paycheck=45%2Bred%28192%29%2Bgreen%28192%29%2Bblue%28192%29 or x=45%2Bred%28192%29%2Bgreen%28192%29%2Bblue%28192%29 if you want to call the amount of the paycheck x .
The equation can be summarized as
paycheck=45%2B3%28192%29 ,
which could have been the first equation written:
paycheck = 45 plus 3 equal parts of 192 each.
To calculate:
paycheck=45%2B3%28192%29
paycheck=45%2B576
paycheck=621