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Elsa earns 52 dollars each week working part-time at a bookstore. She earns one additional dollar for each book that she sells. Let a be the amount (in dollars) that Elsa earns in a week if she sells b books. Write an equation relating a to b . Then use this equation to find the amount of money Elsa earns if she sells 17 books.

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52+b=total made
52+17=69. If she sells 17 books she would make $69 for the week
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