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After spending $2200 of his savings on an iPad, Daniel spent 1/4 of his remaining savings on a hoverboard. He then had 1/5 of his savings left in the end. How much savings did Daniel have at first?
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Let savings be S
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document.write( "After spending $2,200 and then  of savings, he was left with: 
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document.write( "Being left with , we then get: 
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document.write( "5(3)(S - 2,200) = 4S ----- Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "15S - 15(2,200) = 4S
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document.write( "- 15(2,200) = 4S - 15S
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document.write( "- 15(2,200) = - 11S
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document.write( "Original savings, or  \n" );
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