Lizzy: A publishing house decides to create a contest for new writers and will award a total of $800 in prizes to the 18 novels with the most votes. First place will get $200, second place will get $150, third place $120 and the rest of the awards will be paid with the same amount of money. How much money will each writer earn from fourth place onwards?.
Me: Hmmm, let me think. I think this is the detailed solution:
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The first three cash prizes sum to $200 + $150 + $120 = $470. The remaining amount of cash prizes to be distributed is $800 - $470 = $330. The number of novels left to be awarded is 18 – 3 = 15 novels. So each writer from 4th to 18th will earn $330 / 15 = $22. Final answer: 22.
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