document.write( "Question 1202330: Sarah had some money in the piggy bank. On Monday, she took out 2/5 of the money to buy a present. She had $78 left and she put it back into the piggy bank. On Tuesday, she took out 3/8 of the money to buy some story books. She had $28.80 left and she put it back into the piggy bank. After that, she found that there was $246.30 in the piggy bank. How much money did she have in the piggy bank at first? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Sarah had some money in the piggy bank. On Monday, she took out 2/5 of the money to buy a present. She had $78 left and she put it back into the piggy bank. On Tuesday, she took out 3/8 of the money to buy some story books. She had $28.80 left and she put it back into the piggy bank. After that, she found that there was $246.30 in the piggy bank. How much money did she have in the piggy bank at first?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let initial amount in piggy bank be A\r\n" );
document.write( "After taking out \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%282%2F5%29A%2C+or%2C+2A%2F5%29\", she had \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%281+-+2A%2F5%29%2C+or%2C+3A%2F5%29\" remaining\r\n" );
document.write( "Since the remainder from the \"2A%2F5\", was $78, then after placing the $78 back, there was \"3A%2F5+%2B+78\" in the piggy bank\r\n" );
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document.write( "On Tuesday, \"3%2F8\" of remainder was taken out leaving \"5%2F8\" of remainder or \"matrix%281%2C5%2C+5%2F8%2C+of%2C+%283A%2F5+%2B+78%29%2C+or%2C+3A%2F8+%2B+195%2F4%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "     After placing the $28.80 back into the piggy bank, she then had \"3A%2F8+%2B+195%2F4+%2B+28.8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "  Since the final amount in the piggy bank was $246.30, we then get:  \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                 3A = 1,740 - 390 -------- Multiplying by LCD, 8\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                 3A = 1,350\r\n" );
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