Phil received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament. The tournament cost him 100 dollars to enter. What were Phil's net w

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dlinn [17]

3 years ago

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Phil received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament. The tournament cost him 100 dollars to enter. What were Phil's net w

innings from the tournament? Write your answer as an expression.

Mathematics

2 answers:

ValentinkaMS [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-02T10:41:02+03:00

ValentinkaMS [17]3 years ago

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Phil gets x dollars, but before he gets x dollars, he needs to pay 100 dollars to enter the tournament. Therefore the net winning is not x dollars but you should substract 100 dollars from x.
So, the expression of the net winning will be x-100

lina2011 [118] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-02T11:49:51+03:00

Answer: $x-100$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Phil received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament.

The tournament cost him 100 dollars to enter.

To find Phil's net winnings from the tournament, we need to subtract the tournament cost from the prize amount he had won.

Thus, the expression to show Phil's net winnings from the tournament :-

$x-100$