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Stephen has a landscaping job. He agreed to take the job for $1200. However, due to excessive rain, he took an extra 3 days longer than he planned to complete the job, and his daily earnings were $90 less than expected. How many days did Stephen take to complete the work? 

          Stephen has a landscaping job. He agreed to take the job for $1200. However, due to excessive rain, he took an extra 3 days longer than he planned to complete the job, and his daily earnings were $90 less than expected. How many days did Stephen take to complete the work?
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Stephen has a landscaping job. He agreed to take the job for $1200. However, due to excessive rain, he took an extra 3 days longer than he planned to complete the job, and his daily earnings were $90 less than expected. How many days did Stephen take to complete the work?
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00:03 Okay, so here we're just totaling up the amount of money earned in a week.
00:07 So if you're making $30 an hour, but you're tutoring for four hours, you're going to do $30 times four.
00:13 Then you have $10, but they did that for 16 hours, and then they had another $8 an hour, and they did $30 hours of that...
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