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The goal of the students in the club was to raise 500dollars. They sold 43 flower pots. By what amount did the students exceed their goal of raising 500$?

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First calculate the total raise multipliying the price of each flowerpot by the number of sales


15*43=645

the total was 645

Now two find the difference we do a substract between the total and the goal


645-500=145

the students exceed the goal on $145

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