Q: 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?
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A: The first three cash prizes sum to $200 + $150 + $120= $<<200+150+120=470>>470
The remaining amount of cash prizes to be distributed is $800 - $470= $<<800-470=330>>330
The number of novels left to be awarded is 18 – 3= <<18-3=15>>15 novels
So each writer from 4th to 18th will earn $330 / 15= $<<330/15=22>>22 The answer is  22.
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