SOLUTION: Bob, Ali and Glen went shopping. The total bill was $780. If Ali and Glen bought the same amount and Bob hall as much as Ali and Glen, How much did each person spend? Explain a

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Question 729630: Bob, Ali and Glen went shopping. The total bill was $780.
If Ali and Glen bought the same amount and Bob hall as much as Ali and Glen,
How much did each person spend?
Explain answer.

Found 3 solutions by lynnlo, ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by lynnlo(4176)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
each spent $390.00
because,if you divide $780.00 by 2 people your answer will be $390.00

Answer by ikleyn(53424)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Bob, Ali and Glen went shopping. The total bill was $780.
If Ali and Glen bought the same amount and Bob hall as much as Ali and Glen,
How much did each person spend?
Explain answer.
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First you explain the question.



Answer by josgarithmetic(39702)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The question is not written well.

More like this:
Bob, Ali, and Glen went shopping. The combined bill for all of them was $780. If Ali and Glen spent the same amount, and Bob spent as much as both Ali and Glen, then how much did each person spend?

             SPENT
Bob          x+x
Ali          x
Glen         x
TOTAL       $780





Bob spent 390 dollars.
Ali spent 195 dollars.
Glen spent 195 dollars.

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