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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\n" ); document.write( "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?
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I'll do the problem from the beginning
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document.write( "Let initial amount he had, be A
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document.write( "After spending half of his money, plus $8 at the 1st store, he had:  left
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document.write( "After spending half of the remainder, plus $8 at the 2nd store, he had:  left
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document.write( "Since he had $7 left, we get: 
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document.write( "A – 48 = 28 ------ Multiplying by LCD, 4
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document.write( "A, or initial amount he had was  \n" );
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