SOLUTION: Thomas went to the store and spent half of his money and then $8 more. He went to a second store, spent half of his remaining money and then $8 more. Given that he had $7 left, h

Question 1061351: Thomas went to the store and spent half of his money and then $8 more. He went to a second store, spent half of his remaining money and then $8 more. Given that he had $7 left, how many dollars did he start with?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He started with some unknown d number of dollars money.
First Store:
He spent until still having
.

Second Store:
He spent in a similar manner but starting with the previous shown expression number
of dollars at this store now.
He spent here, until having

This quantity he has now is 7 dollars still unspent.

Solve this equation for d.

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d=76
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