SOLUTION: Todd has 48 words to spell for a puzzle. His mother says she will pay him $1.00 for every word he spells correctly but he has to pay her $0.60 for every word he spells incorrectly.
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Question 214231: Todd has 48 words to spell for a puzzle. His mother says she will pay him $1.00 for every word he spells correctly but he has to pay her $0.60 for every word he spells incorrectly. If Todd makes $19.20, how many words did he spell correctly?
Define the variable, create the equation, and solve. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the number of words spelled correctly. Then is the number of words spelled incorrectly. If he makes $19.20, then he makes 1920 cents. He gets cents for the words he spells correctly, and he has to pay cents for the incorrect ones.
