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Brittany walks dogs in her neighbor hood.she gets paid 2.25 for each dog.when she Is sick,she pays her younger brother Ben 75 cent per dog to walk them for her.use this information to answer the following questions.show your work under each question.

what fraction of the amount brittany gets per dog does she pay Ben to fill in for her.


if Ben makes 4.50 filling in for brittany,how much does brittany get to keep for that day.

User Vitalii
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Brittany gets payed 2/3 per dog Ben walks for her . if Ben makes 4.50 filling in for Brittany, she gets to keep $3.75

(cross out the first 2 -- that becomes a 1 and the 2 in .25 becomes a 12 and you do 12-7)
2.25
-0.75
____
1.50
(.75+.75+.75=2.25)
2.25+2.25=4.50


4.50
-0.75
____
3.75
(cross the 4 out and make it 3 , cross the 5 out and make it 14 , cross the 0 put and make it 10. then subtract 5 from 10 , 7 from 14 , and you can't subtract the 3 from anything)
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