SOLUTION: I need assistance with this question. Can you please help me set up the equation? If Iwan gives Ben 3/5 of his money, Ben will have 3 times as much money as Iwan would have then

Question 1161547: I need assistance with this question. Can you please help me set up the equation?
If Iwan gives Ben 3/5 of his money, Ben will have 3 times as much money as Iwan would have then. If instead Ben gives Iwan ¼ of his money, Iwan will have $ 70 more than what Ben would have then. How much money do the two boys have altogether?
Thanks in advance.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let I be the amount of Iwan;  B be the amount of Ben.



(1)  If Iwan gives Ben 3/5 of his money, then Iwan has 2/5 of his money; Ben has B + .

     So, your first equation is

          = B + .      (1)



(2)  Your second equation is


         I +  =  + 70.     (2)

These are your setup equations.

The next step is to multiply equation (1) by 5 (both sides) and to multiply equation (2) by 4 (both sides).

In this way, you rid of denominators.

Since you do not ask to solve equations, I will stop at this point.

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