SOLUTION: john spent three quarters of his pocket money and has 10 left how much did he have first?

SOLUTION: john spent three quarters of his pocket money and has 10 left how much did he have first?

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Question 969135: john spent three quarters of his pocket money and has 10 left how much did he have first?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So he has 1/4 of his original pocket money, X, left.

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