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Three friends earned more than $200 washing cars. They payed their parents $28 for supplies and divided the rest of the money equally. Write an inequality to find possible amounts each friend earned. Identify what your variable represents.

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600 minus 28x3 then divided by 3

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3x-28=200 The 3x represents the three friends and how much money they would get while the 28 is how much they have to pay there parents. You set it equal to 200 because thats how much they made
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