document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=975341>Question 975341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Shelby goes to the craft show. She spends half of the money she brought with her on a toy for her grandson.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then she spends $10 on lunch. After lunch she caught her eye on some handmade jewelry and spent half of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what she had left on a new necklace. Then she spent $5 on the matching earrings. If she left the craft show<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with $10 , how much did she have to start with?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Work backwards.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "She had $10 at the end, right after she spent $5.  So before she spent the $5, she had $15 which was half of what she had before she bought the necklace.  Hence, before she bought the necklace she had $30.  So before lunch she had $40.  Which is half of what she started with, or $80.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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