SOLUTION: A and B bought stocks with equal sums of money; A gained a sum equal to 1/5 of his stock ; B lost $200, and now B he has only ½ as much as A ; how much original money did each have
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Question 202917: A and B bought stocks with equal sums of money; A gained a sum equal to 1/5 of his stock ; B lost $200, and now B he has only ½ as much as A ; how much original money did each have ?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the original amount invested by each. Since A gained 
, A now has 
. B lost $200, so he now has 
, and two times that is what A has, so:
)
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