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Benjamin won $x in a lucky draw.he donated 1/2 of the prize plus an additional $1500 to charity.(a) write down, in terms of x, the amount of money he donated to charity. After giving some of the remaining prize money to his family, he had $1500.(b) show that the amount of money he gave his family was $(x/2 - 16500).(c) if the amount of money he gave to his family was $20000, form an equation in terms of x and find the amount of money Benjamin won.​

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A:

c=x/2+1500

B:

B=15000

X/2-1500=Total left after charity

F=T-B

F=x/2-1500-15000

F=x/2-16500

C:

X=charity+fam+been

X=x/2+1500+20000+15000

X=x/2+36500

X=(x+73000)/2

2x=x+73000

X=73000

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