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How can you divide 512 Dollars between two people So that one person can get $20 more than the other

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Answer:

You might want to divide 512/2.

=256.

The problems says that one person must have 20$ more than the other, right? So..

Each "256" represents a person. One will have 20 added and the other 20 subtracted.

256-20

=236

256+20

=276

Check work!

236+276

=512

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