A palm reader gets paid $80 for each palm she reads, and her goal is to earn $2240 reading palms this month. If she has already

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baherus [9]

4 years ago

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A palm reader gets paid $80 for each palm she reads, and her goal is to earn $2240 reading palms this month. If she has already

read 4 palms this month, how many more palms must she read in order to reach her goal?
A.24
B.28
C.20
D.32

Mathematics

2 answers:

Juli2301 [7.4K] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-06T20:59:50+03:00

Juli2301 [7.4K]4 years ago

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Your answer would be (A)24
because 80*4=320
so 2240-320=1920
80*24=1920
hope this helped:)

aliya0001 [1] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-06T23:13:21+03:00

aliya0001 [1]4 years ago

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A. 24 because the palm reader must read 28 palms to reach $2240 as she charges $80 for each palm. Since she already read 4 palms it should be subtracted from 28 to obtain 24.