document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1190411>Question 1190411</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a father gives his son certain amount of pocket money every week son saves 30% of amount and spends the rest with spending on saturday and sunday being twice than what is spent on oher days of the week if total saving in the week are 420 how much is spent in each saturday\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He saves 30%, so he spends 70%.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 30% he saves is 420, so the amount he gets from his father each week is 420/.30 = 1400.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "He spends 70% of the 1400, which is .70(1400)=980.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "He spends x amount each day Monday through Friday and 2x amount each Saturday and Sunday, so the total amount he spends each week is 9x.  The fraction of his weekly spending that occurs on Saturday is 2x/9x = 2/9.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2/9)*980 = 1960/9 = 217 7/9.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 217 7/9<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Probably not a reasonable answer; so perhaps you haven't shown the right numbers, or perhaps the problem is faulty....<br><BR>\n" );
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