SOLUTION: John buys a car for �1,500. He uses 50% of the money in his bank account to buy the car. How much money was in his account to start with?

SOLUTION: John buys a car for �1,500. He uses 50% of the money in his bank account to buy the car. How much money was in his account to start with?

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Question 410586: John buys a car for �1,500. He uses 50% of the money in his bank account to buy the car. How much money was in his account to start with?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the amount of money in John's bank account. You can express the amount he used to buy the car as:
Sorry, I forgot how to get the pound sterling symbol. Now divide by 0.5
Pounds.
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