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In Colorado Springs, the fine for illegally parking in a zone reserved for people with disabilities is $350. This is $200higher than the fine in Denver. Write an equation to represent this situation and solve. Use x as your variable.

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In Colorado Springs, the fine for illegally parking in a zone reserved for people with disabilities is $350. This is $200

higher than the fine in Denver. Write an equation to represent this situation and solve. Use x as your variable.

Let

x -------> fine for illegally parking in Denver

we have that

x+200=350

solve for x

x=350-200

x=150

answer is

$150

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