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A man bought 8 boxes highlighter, each with 24 highlighter pens inside for $9 each box.He sold the highlighter for$1 each.Did he earn or lose.

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Answer:

"earn"

Explanation:

He paid $9 for a box of 24 pens. Selling those 24 pens for $1 each, he sold them for $24. Thus he earned $24 -9 = $15 on each of the 8 boxes he bought.

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