document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=935163>Question 935163</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A has 20% more more money than B, and C has 20% less money than B. what percent more money does A have than C ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #568304 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=568304\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let A represent the amount of money that A has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let B represent the amount of money that B has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let C represent the amount of money that C has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = B + .20 * B = 1.20 * B\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C = B - .20 * B = .8 * B\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A / C = (1.20 * B) divided by (.8 * B) which is equal to 1.20 / .8 which is equal to 1.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A has 1.5 * the amount of money that C has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.5 * C - C is equal to .5 * C.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A has 50% more money than C has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let's see how this works out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume that B has 100 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A has 120 dollars.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C has 80 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A - C = 120 - 80 = 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that A has 40 dollars more than C.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40 / 80 = .5 = 50%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that A has 50% more dollars than C has.\r<BR>\n" );
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