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GED Math 3.3 Expression and Equations. If Malcolm has twelve dollars, then how much money does Tran have?
Transcript
- 00:03
Here's your Shmoop dujour, brought to you by dollar bills.
- 00:07
They are so money.
- 00:23
We're not sure why Tran feels the need to rub it in Malcolm's face
- 00:26
that he's more well-off than his friend, financially speaking.
- 00:29
We don't want to get in the middle of that. We've learned that lesson the hard way.
Full Transcript
- 00:33
We need to put our finger on exactly how much Tran is worth.
- 00:36
We're guessing he didn't make it onto this years' Fourbs' 400 list.
- 00:40
Now it might seem like this is the part where we turn everything into an equation.
- 00:47
But actually we don't need to do any of that stuff.
- 00:50
If we just read the question carefully,
- 00:52
we see that Malcolm has $12 and Tran has $5 more than that.
- 00:59
It's just 12 + 5 = 17. Answer D.
- 01:04
Malcolm screwed up that math.
- 01:05
We can see why he'd have trouble getting a decent job.
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