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3. Over the weekend, Jada made three times as much money babysitting than Han did mowing lawns. Jada made an additional $27 selling lemonade. From babysitting and selling lemonade, she has a total of $96. If the equation 3x + 27 = 96 represents this situation, what does the variable x represent?​

3. Over the weekend, Jada made three times as much money babysitting than Han did-example-1
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X is the amount Han made mowing lawns

because it said that she earned 3xs the amount he did. So you would take what he made times three plus the extra 27 she made from selling lemonade

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