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Jeremy mowed serval lawns to earn money for his camp after he paid 17$ for gas , he had 75$ leftover to play towards camp. write and solve an equation to find how much money Jeremy earned mowing lawns.

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Add $17 to $75 and that equals $92. :)
User Alperefesahin
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so Jeremy had x amount of money to begin with
he then spent $17 and was left with $75 to spend for camp so
x-17=75
add 17 to both sides
x=92

congrats, you're doing algebra
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