document.write( "Question 81975: 1.) Kari spent half of her money at a shoe store in the mall. At the movie theater, she spent one fourth of her remaining money. Then, she spent $1 on the bus ride home. She had $5 left. How much money did Kari have whan she arrived at the mall ? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Kari spent half of her money at a shoe store in the mall. At the movie theater,\r\n" );
document.write( "she spent one fourth of her remaining money. Then, she spent $1 on the bus ride\r\n" );
document.write( "home. She had $5 left. How much money did Kari have whan she arrived at the\r\n" );
document.write( "mall ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "The algebraic way to do it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose Kari arrived at the mall with $X.\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Kari spent half of her money, at a shoe store in the mall...<<> \r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore she walked out of the shoe store with only $X \r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...At the movie theater, she spent one fourth of her remaining money...<<>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore she walked into the theater with $X, and walked out \r\n" );
document.write( "with only  of it, or $X. \r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Then, she spent $1 on the bus ride home...<<>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore she got on the bus with $X and got off the\r\n" );
document.write( "bus with $(X - $1 \r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...She had $5 left...<<>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore     X - 1 = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "                         X = 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "So she started out with $16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the algebraic way to do it. Now here is the FUN way\r\n" );
document.write( "to do it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "She ended up with $5. \r\n" );
document.write( "Before she got on the bus she had $6, because the bus ride cost $1.\r\n" );
document.write( "Before she went to the movie she had $8, because spending 1/4 of it\r\n" );
document.write( "there, or $2, would have left her with the $6 she had when she got \r\n" );
document.write( "on the bus. Before she went to the shoe store, she had $16 because \r\n" );
document.write( "spending half of it there would have left her with $8 she had when \r\n" );
document.write( "she went to the movies. So she had $16 when she arrived at the mall.\r\n" );
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