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1 Devin spent some of his birthday money at a game store. Now, he has $7 less than his sister, Kaylee. a. Type an expression to represent the amount of money Devin has now. Let K represent the amount of money Kaylee ha Enter your answer in the box.if his sister had 15$ dollars how much would devin have?

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Devin (D) spent some money: Let's tag that as x

He has $7 less than his sister (K):

How much Devin has left is given by:

D = K - 7

If K = $15, then substitute that into the previous equation:

D = 15 - 7

D = $8

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