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Sadiq the doorman earned £3470 in tips last year This year his tips dropped by £590. How much did he earn in tips this year?

Answer 1

His tips this year are #£2880#

Selecting the appropriate operation to perform in a "story sum" such as this one—addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division—is crucial.

We've been informed that his tips were less this year, but we're not sure by how much.

Therefore, subtraction is the operation to use.

#£3470 - £590 = £2880#

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Answer 2

Gianna Caruso

Sadiq earned £2880 in tips this year.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.