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Question Help After buying dinner, Julia had $36 left over. She spent $4 on cranberry sauce, $17 on stuffing, and $33 on the turkey. How much money, m, did Julia start with? Write an equation to show your work. Which equation represents this problem?

Answer 1

Let's use the variable x to represent the inicial amount of money Julia had.

She spent 4, then 17, then 33, and the left over is 36, so we can write the following equation:

$x-4-17-33=36$

Solving this equation for x, we have that:

$\begin{gathered} x=36+4+17+33 \\ x=90 \end{gathered}$

So Julia started with $90.