Medication:5000(.50)=2500

Overnight Stays:2500(.25)=625

2500-625=<<2500-625=1875>>1875

Food:1875-175=<<1875-175=1700>>1700$

Ambulance ride:1700$

# Answer

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Josephine receives a bill from the hospital for 5000$.  50 percent of the bill is for medication.  25 percent of the remaining bill is for overnight stays, and 175$ is for food.  The rest of the bill is for the ambulance ride.  How much did the ambulance ride cost?
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Josephine receives a bill from the hospital for 5000$.  50 percent of the bill is for medication.  25 percent of the remaining bill is for overnight stays, and 175$ is for food.  The rest of the bill is for the ambulance ride.  How much did the ambulance ride cost?
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