SOLUTION: Leo spent 25% of his savings on 3 gaming mice and 5 charging cables on Friday. The cost of one gaming mouse was three times the cost of one charging cable. On Saturday, he spent 4/

Question 1210614: Leo spent 25% of his savings on 3 gaming mice and 5 charging cables on Friday. The cost of one gaming mouse was three times the cost of one charging cable. On Saturday, he spent 4/5 of his remaining savings to buy some more gaming mice and another 8 charging cables. How many gaming mice did he buy on Saturday?
Answer by KMST(5361) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Something is wrong with this problem,

We know that one gaming mouse cost as much as 3 charging cables on Friday.
Let's call the cost of one charging cable on Friday one blip.
Then the cost of a gaming mouse on Friday was 3 blips.
On Friday Leo spent money on 3 gaming mice and 5 charging cables.
The amount Leo spent on Friday, in blips, is

Those Leo spent on Friday were of his savings.
That means that all of Leo's savings, in blips were
On Saturday, Leo's remaining savings, were
On Saturday Leo spent of his remaining savings.
In blips, the amount Leo spent on Saturday was
There was a typo somewhere, or else the prices changed, because with whole number prices, the total spent would always be a whole number.
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