SOLUTION: Martha, Jeremy and Susanne had $40, $50 and $60 respectively. Martha gave 2/5 of her money to Jeremy who then gave 1/3 of his money to Susanne, who then gave half of her final amou

Question 1100363: Martha, Jeremy and Susanne had $40, $50 and $60 respectively. Martha gave 2/5 of her money to Jeremy who then gave 1/3 of his money to Susanne, who then gave half of her final amount to Martha. Place the children in the order of most to least amount of money.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = amount Martha has currently
Let = amount Jeremy has currently
Let = amount Susanne has currently
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(1)

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(2)
Martha gives 2/5 of her money to Jeremy

and

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(3)
Jeremy gives 1/3 of his money to Suzanne

and

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(4)

and

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(5)

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M. has 65
J has 44
S has 41

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