SOLUTION: John used 10% of his birthday money to pay off a loan and spent five-sevenths of the remaining money on a day out to celebrate,leaving him with �156 less than he started with.How m

Question 590418: John used 10% of his birthday money to pay off a loan and spent five-sevenths of the remaining money on a day out to celebrate,leaving him with �156 less than he started with.How much birthday money did he get?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If he got x (in �) for his birthday, he spent 10%x= to pay of the loan and of the remaining to celebrate.
So, he spent to celebrate and to pay of the loan.
Then, he was left with (in �)
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The strange thing is the fraction.
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