SOLUTION: Steph and Angie went on a vacation with the same amount of money. Each day, Steph spent $230 while Angie spent $190. At the end of the vacation, Steph had $240 left while Angie had

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Question 1152317: Steph and Angie went on a vacation with the same amount of money. Each day, Steph spent $230 while Angie spent $190. At the end of the vacation, Steph had $240 left while Angie had $720 left. How many days were their vacation
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52852)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x be the number of days.


Then you have this equation


   230x + 240 = 190x + 720.


From the equation


    230x - 190x = 720 - 240 

    40x         = 480

      x         = 480/40 = 12 days.    ANSWER

Solved.


Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Steph and Angie went on a vacation with the same amount of money. Each day, Steph spent $230 while Angie spent $190. At the end of the vacation, Steph had $240 left while Angie had $720 left. How many days were their vacation
@IKLEYN made a mistake. It's actually . 

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