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Let amount at first be A
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document.write( "After spending $24, A - 24 was left
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document.write( "After spending ¼ of the remainder, ¾ of (A - 24), or  was left
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document.write( "With the final remainder being  of original amount =  = , we then have: 
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document.write( "21A - 18(28) = 12A ------- Multiplying by LCD, 28 
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document.write( "- 18(28) = 12A  -  21A
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document.write( "- 18(28) = - 9A
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document.write( "Original amount he had, or  \n" );
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