document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163541>Question 1163541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> john and nat were given some money. if john spends $50 and nat spends $100 each day, john would still have $2500 left while nat would have spent all her money.  if john spends $100 and nat spends $50 each day, john would still have $1000 left while nat would have spent all her money.  How much money john and nat were given each? solution </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's say that 10 days pass by.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If Nat spents $100 a day, and runs out of money at the end of 10 days, then she has 100*10 = 1000 dollars total.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If she spends 50 dollars a day, then 50*10 = 500 is the amount she spends over the same duration of time. She doesn't spend all her money here. It seems like your teacher made a typo somewhere. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no way Nat spends all her money if she spends half as much and the duration of time is the same. I would ask your teacher about this.<BR>\n" );
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