Mrs. Peters needed to raise money to bring her class to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. With only a few weeks left before the deadline, the class was raising an average of $45 every day from online donations. Mrs. Peters was worried they might not raise the last $1,000 in time. That evening, she posted a story about the class trip on an education website, and the donation rate doubled overnight! The new rate stayed the same for the remaining 3 weeks until the deadline, and they raised more than their goal! How much extra did the class raise?

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Mrs. Peters needed to raise money to bring her class to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. With only a few weeks left before the deadline, the class was raising an average of $45 every day from online donations. Mrs. Peters was worried they might not raise the last $1,000 in time. That evening, she posted a story about the class trip on an education website, and the donation rate doubled overnight! The new rate stayed the same for the remaining 3 weeks until the deadline, and they raised more than their goal! How much extra did the class raise?

 

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