SOLUTION: Kim won some money. She spent $25 to have her hair cut, and lent one fifth of the remaining money to a friend. After she deposited two thirds of what was lent in the bank, she stil
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Question 989353: Kim won some money. She spent $25 to have her hair cut, and lent one fifth of the remaining money to a friend. After she deposited two thirds of what was lent in the bank, she still had $40. How much did she win?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This really isn't a math problem. It is a pay careful attention to what you read problem.
Let 
represent the amount she started with. Then 
is the amount she had after she got her hair cut. Then 
is the amount she loaned to her friend, and we now have that the amount she had before she stopped at the bank was: 
. She deposited )
. Hence, after the bank she had )
. And this amount is equal to $40, so
\ =\ 40)
Solve for
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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