SOLUTION: Six colleagues bought a gift for their boss’s birthday. The cost of the gift was 75 dollars. Mary gave 18 dollars, Sue gave 23 dollars, Ann gave 20 %, Lisa gave 15 dollars and Moll

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Question 1121007: Six colleagues bought a gift for their boss’s birthday. The cost of the gift was 75 dollars. Mary gave 18 dollars, Sue gave 23 dollars, Ann gave 20 %, Lisa gave 15 dollars and Molly paid the rest. How much was Molly´s contribution?
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Ann's 20% of the $75 is $15; 18+23+15+15 = 71; 75-71=4.

Molly's contribution was $4.