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Problem

Phil received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament. The tournament cost him 100 dollars to enter.
What were Phil's net winnings from the tournament?
Write your answer as an expression.

Problem Phil received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament. The tournament-example-1
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you could write is this way (y+x)-100
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Phil gets x dollars, but before he gets x dollars, he needs to pay 100 dollars to enter the tournament. Therefore the net winning is not x dollars but you should substract 100 dollars from x.

So, the expression of the net winning will be

\boxed{x-100}
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