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Some children share an amount of money equally and each of them gets $20. If the number of children sharing the same amount of money is reduced by 5, each child will get $40. Find the amount of money.
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Let amount of money be A\r\n" );
document.write( "Then number of children = \r\n" );
document.write( "Reducing number of children by 5 makes the new number \r\n" );
document.write( "So, amount each child would get = , and so, we get: \r\n" );
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document.write( "                                                             ----- Factoring out LCD, 20, in numerator\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                                            A = 2(A - 100) ---- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                            A = 2A - 200\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                            A - 2A = - 200\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                          - A = - 200 \r\n" );
document.write( "                                       Amount of money, or

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