Question 1210604
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Both tutors josgarithmetic and greenestamps have typos in their scratch work which lead to an incorrect final answer.



The first equation josgarithmetic wrote, J-240=1.15*240, should solve to J = 516.
This then has L-540=2.25(J-240) become L = 1161.
Therefore the total should be J+L = 516+1161 = <font color=red>1677</font>



greenestamps made an error when computing 2.25 times 276 = 581
Instead it should be 2.25 times 276 = 621
So the updated calculation at the end should be
540+240+276+621 = <font color=red>1677</font>
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