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\n" ); document.write( "if bob gave dave 8 dollars, both of them will have the same amount of money. If jane adds 14 dollars to bobs original amount, the ratio of bobs money to daves original sum of money will be 5:2, how much money did bob have at first.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "If they both have the same amount after Bob gives Dave $8, then originally Bob had $16 more than Dave. So let x be the original amount Dave had; then the original amount Bob had was x+16.

\n" ); document.write( "When Jane gives $14 to Bob, the amount he now has is x+30.

\n" ); document.write( "At that point, the ratio of the amounts Bob and Dave have is 5:2. So

\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%2B30%29%2Fx+=+5%2F2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x+=+2x%2B60\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x+=+60\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+20\"$

\n" ); document.write( "The amount Dave had originally was x=$20; the amount Bob had originally was x+16 = $36. \n" ); document.write( "

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