document.write( "Question 1061350: Thomas went to the store and spent half of his money and then $8 more. He went to a second store, spent half of his remaining money and then $8 more. Given that he had $7 left, how many dollars did he start with? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x be amount of money Thomas started with.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "First store: $ (x/2 +8)
\n" ); document.write( "Second store:$ {[x-(x/2 +8)]/2 +8}\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If he had $7 left:
\n" ); document.write( "X- first store-second store= $7
\n" ); document.write( "X- (x/2+8)- [x-(x/2 +8)]/2 +8= 7
\n" ); document.write( "X-x/2-8-[(x-x/2-8)/2+8]=7
\n" ); document.write( "X-x/2-8-(x-x/2-8)/2-8=7
\n" ); document.write( "X/2-8-(x/2-8)/2-8=7
\n" ); document.write( "X/2-(x/2-8)/2-8-8=7
\n" ); document.write( "X/2-(x/2-8)/2-16=7
\n" ); document.write( "(X-x/2+8)/2=23
\n" ); document.write( "X-x/2+8=46
\n" ); document.write( "X-x/2=46-8
\n" ); document.write( "X-x/2=38
\n" ); document.write( "X/2=38
\n" ); document.write( "X=76
\n" ); document.write( "$76 is the amount of dollars he started with.\r
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