Two boys divided $3.36 so that one boy received 12 cents less than three times as much as the other. How was the money divided?

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Let's first convert that amount of money into cents, which makes 336 cents. Then, let's denote the amount of money one of the boys has with x. The other boy has got 3x-12 amount of money. We can construct an equation. $3x-12+x=336$ . Solving it we find that x=87 cents or $ 0.87 and the other boy holds $2.49 amount of money.

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License plates are made using 3 letters followed by 2 digits. How many plates can be made if repetition of letters and digits is

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Answer:

$26^3\times10^2 = 1757600$

option B is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

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_ _ _ _ _

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