Bill the miner discovers a vein of fool's gold. He successfully sells 8 ounces to a merchant, but when he tries to sell to the sheriff he's arrested, fined $50 and run out of town on a rail. If Bill earned $9 for every ounce of fool's gold he sold, how much money is he left with? Let's think step by step and output the final answer after "####".
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First find the total amount of money Bill made from the merchant: 8 ounces * $9/ounce = $<<8*9=72>>72
Then subtract the fine to find how much money he was left with: $72 - $50 = $<<72-50=22>>22
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Bill the miner discovers a vein of fool's gold. He successfully sells 8 ounces to a merchant, but when he tries to sell to the sheriff he's arrested, fined $50 and run out of town on a rail. If Bill earned $9 for every ounce of fool's gold he sold, how much money is he left with?
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