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document.write( "On Saturday Silvio went shopping. He spent half of his money and 5$ more in the sports shop.
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document.write( "He then spent half of what he had left on 2 magazines.
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document.write( "After spending half of his remaining money on food, he had 2$ left.
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document.write( "How much did he have when he started shopping.?
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document.write( "Let M be the money Silvio had before he started shopping.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In the sport shop he spent  dollars.\r\n" );
document.write( "Hence, after the sport shop he had {{M - (M/2+5)}}} =  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "He then spent  =  dollars on 2 magazines.\r\n" );
document.write( "After that he had  =  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then Silvio spent half of that on food, i.e. he spent  =  dollars on food.\r\n" );
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document.write( "After that he had  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is exactly $2, so you have an equation\r\n" );
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document.write( " = 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "----> Multiply by 8 both sides. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "M - 10 = 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, M = 10 + 16 = 26 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. Silvio had $26 before he started shopping.\r\n" );
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