SOLUTION: Miss match went to a store spent half of her money and then $10 more she went to a second store spent half of the money she had left and $10 more she has been no money left how mu

Question 1044909: Miss match went to a store spent half of her money and then $10 more she went to a second store spent half of the money she had left and $10 more she has been no money left how much did Miss Match have when she started out
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Miss match has no money left at the end. At the last store, if she spends half her money, and then another 10, then:
x/2-10=0
x/2=10
x=20
Before that, she had:
x/2-10=20
x/2=30
x=60
So she started out with $60. ☺☺☺☺
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