A trader bought some paraffin for $500.He paid $x for each litre of paraffin.
Qn:
a)Due to a leak,he lost 3 litres of paraffin.He sold the remainder of the paraffin for $1 per litre more than he paid for it.Write down an expression,in terms of x,for the sum of money he received.
b)He made a profit of $20.Write an equation in x to represent this information.

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