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Randall is saving money to buy a bicycle. He has $37.80 in his savings account and saves 20% of his paper route earnings each week. After 10 weeks, he has $87.80 in his savings account. How much does Randall earn each week from his paper route?

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25 dollars

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User Nstoitsev
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Let his earning of paper route be w . then
he has $ 37.80 already in his account & is saving 20% of his earning each week soooooo
As u know it is a simple algebraic equation now
(20100x)10=87.80−37.80


so $25 dollars is his earning
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