SOLUTION: Please help my 5th grader Haley has $24 and Maria has $20. How much money Maria give to Haley so that Haley will have 3 times the amount of money that Maria has? Josieperera@

Question 1000781: Please help my 5th grader
Haley has $24 and Maria has $20. How much money Maria give to Haley so that Haley will have 3 times the amount of money that Maria has?
Josieperera@aol.com
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the amount of money given, x.
Maria gives x so she will have 20-x.
Haley gets the money so she will have 24+x.
We need to know what x is so that
24+x = 3(20-x)
Now solve this.
24+x = 60-3x
Now add 3x to both sides and get
24+4x = 60
Now subtract 24 from both sides and get
4x = 36
Now divide by 4 and get
x = $9
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