SOLUTION: Mr. Tan invested half of his money in land, one-tenth in stock, and 1/20 in machinery. The remainder, P35000, is invested in a savings account. What is the total amount of money th

Question 1011064: Mr. Tan invested half of his money in land, one-tenth in stock, and 1/20 in machinery. The remainder, P35000, is invested in a savings account. What is the total amount of money that Mr. Tan saved or invested?
a. If x is the total amount of money, how will you represent the money allotted for each property or investment?
b. What equation will help you solve the problem?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
. the allotted amount of money minus the portions invested in land, stock, and machinary, was the amount invested in the savings account.

Multiply left and right members by 20, the lowest common denominator; clears the fractions, and combine like terms, and solve for x using multiplicative inverse; and simplify.
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