document.write( "Question 1100363: Martha, Jeremy and Susanne had $40, $50 and $60 respectively. Martha gave 2/5 of her money to Jeremy who then gave 1/3 of his money to Susanne, who then gave half of her final amount to Martha. Place the children in the order of most to least amount of money. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #714836 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+a+\"$ = amount Martha has currently
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+b+\"$ = amount Jeremy has currently
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+c+\"$ = amount Susanne has currently
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\n" ); document.write( "(1)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a++=+40+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+50+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+60+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Martha gives 2/5 of her money to Jeremy
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+40+-+%282%2F5%29%2A40+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+%283%2F5%29%2A40+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+24+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+50+%2B+%282%2F5%29%2A40+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+50+%2B+16+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+60+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "(3)
\n" ); document.write( "Jeremy gives 1/3 of his money to Suzanne
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+24+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+66+-+%281%2F3%29%2A66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+%282%2F3%29%2A66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+44+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+60+%2B+%281%2F3%29%2A66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+60+%2B+22+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+82+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "(4)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+24+%2B+%281%2F2%29%2A82+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+24+%2B+41+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+65+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+44+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+%281%2F2%29%2A82+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+41++\"$
\n" ); document.write( "----------------------------
\n" ); document.write( "(5)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+65+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+44+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+41+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "---------------
\n" ); document.write( "M. has 65
\n" ); document.write( "J has 44
\n" ); document.write( "S has 41\r
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