Margo spends 0.25 of her paycheck on a new dress, 1/8 her paycheck on shoes, and $24 on a birthday present. If she spent $60 altogether, how much was Margo’s paycheck?
$96
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We know for our problem that she spends 0.25 of her pay check on a new dress, so she spent @@MATH_TOKEN_1@@ on the new dress. We also know that she spends 1/8 = 0.125 of her paycheck on shoes, so she pent @@MATH_TOKEN_2@@ on shows. Finally, we also now that she spends another $24 for total expenses of $60, so:
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Now we can solve for @@MATH_TOKEN_4@@ to find how much was Margo's paycheck:
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We can conclude that Margo's pay check was $96