SOLUTION: Mary spent 2/5 of her money and had $60 left. How much did she have at first.

Question 407408: Mary spent 2/5 of her money and had $60 left. How much did she have at first.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = original amount of money

Since we know that because "Mary spent 2/5 of her money", she'll have of her money left (since ). So she has dollars left. Now we also know that she has "$60 left", so this means that

Start with the given equation.

Multiply both sides by 5.

Multiply.

Divide both sides by to isolate .

Reduce.

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Answer:

So the answer is

This means that Mary had $100 originally.

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