document.write( "Question 410586: John buys a car for £1,500. He uses 50% of the money in his bank account to buy the car. How much money was in his account to start with? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = the amount of money in John's bank account. You can express the amount he used to buy the car as:
\n" ); document.write( "\"0.5x+=+1500\" Sorry, I forgot how to get the pound sterling symbol. Now divide by 0.5
\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+3000\"Pounds. \n" ); document.write( "
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