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Harry earned d dollars mowing lawns. He put 20% of his earnings in the bank and paid back $50.00 to his father. He spent one-fifth of the re mb ainig money on a video game. Which expreesion represents the amount he spent on the video game _,_,_,_

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Harry earned d dollars mowing lawns. He put 20% of his earnings in the bank and paid back $50.00 to his father. He spent one-fifth of the remaining money on a video game. Which expression represents the amount he spent on the video game?

(0.20 - 10) dollars

(0.20 - 50) dollars

(0.160 + 10) dollars

(0.160 - 10) dollars

Answer:

(0.160 - 10) dollars

Explanation:

Let the total number of earnings be represented by d

Harry earned d dollars mowing lawns. He put 20% of his earnings in the bank

Amount in the bank = 20% of d = 0.20d

He paid back $50.00 to his father.

The amount left = 1d - 0.20d = 0.80d

He paid back his father

Hence:

= (d - 0.20d) - $50

= 0.80d -$50.00

He spent one-fifth of the remaining money on a video game.

The amount remaining

= 0.80d -$50.00

Hence, the amount he spent on video games =

1/5(0.80d - $50.00)

(0.16d - $10.00)

= (0.16d - 10)

= (0.16 - 10) dollars

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