SOLUTION: Kathy and Mark Smith believe investing in their retirement is critical. Kathy began investing 20% of each paycheck in a retirement account when she was 20 years old. She has saved

Question 1185641: Kathy and Mark Smith believe investing in their retirement is critical. Kathy began investing 20% of each paycheck in a retirement account when she was 20 years old. She has saved four times more than Mark who began saving when he was 35. If their total retirement savings equals $1,540,000, how much are Kathy’s and Mark's investments worth?

Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let me make a note regarding your writing.

In Math problems in English, they NEVER use this combination of words " four times more than . . . "

It is PROHIBITED in Math problems in English, because it ALWAYS creates AMBIGUOSITY.

They usually write " four times as much as . . . " or " three times as much as . . . ", depending on context.

THEREFORE, I will not solve this problem, waiting when you submit a correct/ (a corrected) version.

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For your education, read from this sources

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/7894/x-times-as-many-as-or-x-times-more-than

https://web.augsburg.edu/~schield/MiloPapers/984OfSigCompare3.pdf

I am ready to accept your " THANKS " for my teaching.

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