document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=989353>Question 989353</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kim won some money. She spent $25 to have her hair cut, and lent one fifth of the remaining money to a friend. After she deposited two thirds of what was lent in the bank, she still had $40. How much did she win? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This really isn't a math problem.  It is a pay careful attention to what you read problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the amount she started with.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 25\"> is the amount she had after she got her hair cut.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\"> is the amount she loaned to her friend, and we now have that the amount she had before she stopped at the bank was:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 25\ -\ \frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\">.  She deposited <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{2}{3}\left(\frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\right)\">.  Hence, after the bank she had <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 25\ -\ \frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\ -\ \frac{2}{3}\left(\frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\right)\">.  And this amount is equal to $40, so \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x\ -\ 25\ -\ \frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\ -\  \frac{2}{3}\left(\frac{x\ -\ 25}{5}\right)\ =\ 40\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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