SOLUTION: A girl spent 1/5 of her cash on stamps and twice as much on postcards and then had €1.00. How much had she to start?
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Question 549047: A girl spent 1/5 of her cash on stamps and twice as much on postcards and then had €1.00. How much had she to start?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If she spent 
of her total on one item, and twice as much on the second item, then she spent 
on the second item and she spent 
all together. Which means that she had left.
Solve for 
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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