SOLUTION: On Saturday Silvio went shopping. He spent half of his money and 5$ more in the sports shop. He then spent half of what he had left on 2 magazines. After spending half of his rema

Question 1078918: On Saturday Silvio went shopping. He spent half of his money and 5$ more in the sports shop. He then spent half of what he had left on 2 magazines. After spending half of his remaining money on food, he had 2$ left. How much did he have when he started shopping.?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, initial amount Silvio had

After sports shop, he had .

After the magazines, he had .

Two dollars left after food:

Solve this for x.
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Answer by ikleyn(52833) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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On Saturday Silvio went shopping. He spent half of his money and 5$ more in the sports shop.
He then spent half of what he had left on 2 magazines.
After spending half of his remaining money on food, he had 2$ left.
How much did he have when he started shopping.?
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Let M be the money Silvio had before he started shopping. In the sport shop he spent dollars. Hence, after the sport shop he had {{M - (M/2+5)}}} = dollars. He then spent = dollars on 2 magazines. After that he had = dollars. Then Silvio spent half of that on food, i.e. he spent = dollars on food. After that he had = . It is exactly $2, so you have an equation = 2. ----> Multiply by 8 both sides. You will get M - 10 = 16. Hence, M = 10 + 16 = 26 dollars. Answer. Silvio had $26 before he started shopping.

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