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Ofelia has a certain amount of money X. if she spends $12 then she has 1/5 of the original amount left write an equation to represent the situation​

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Answer:

(x-12) = x/5

Explanation:

Here, we want to write an equation

spending $12 out of the x equals that she has 1/5 of the original x

Mathematically, we have this as;

(x-12) = 1/5(x)

or (x-12) = x/5

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