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Blake builds birdhouses to sell. He spends $3.80 on wood, $0.30 on nails, and $1.00 on paint for each birdhouse. If each birdhouse sells for $15.00, how much profit does Blake make on a birdhouse?
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Blake builds birdhouses to sell. He spends $3.80 on wood, $0.30 on nails, and $1.00 on paint for each birdhouse. If each birdhouse sells for $15.00, how much profit does Blake make on a birdhouse?

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 The answer would be $9.90 and the way I did it was. First I made the numbers not with decimals so 380 30 and 100 and then add them together to get 510 then 1500-510= 990 so it would be $9.90 
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the answer is $9.90. $3.80 + $0.30 + $1.00 = $5.10. $15+5.10 = 9.90
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