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Margo spends a quarter of her paycheck on a new dress, one-eighthof her paycheck on shoes, and $24 on a birthday present. if she spent $60 altogether, how much was margo’s paycheck? $96 $160 $216 $504
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Margo spends a quarter of her paycheck on a new dress, one-eighthof her paycheck on shoes, and $24 on a birthday present. if she spent $60 altogether, how much was margo’s paycheck? $96 $160 $216 $504

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$96

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Margo spends a quarter of her paycheck on a new dress, one-eighthof her paycheck on-example-1
User Bramat
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So if her pay check is x she spends 0.25x on the dress and 0.125x on shoes. That’s 0.375 when added together.
So 0.375x + 24=60
0.375x = 60-24
0.375x= 36
X=36/0.375
X=$96
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