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\n" ); document.write( "Alex had $57 less than Belle. Alex saved 3/5 of his money while Belle spent 2/3 of her money. Given that the amount Alex spent was 1/4 of Belles savings how much did Belle spend
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let the amount of money Belle has be \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Alex had $\"57\" less than Belle, he has \"x-57\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Alex saved \"3%2F5+\"of his money , he saved \"%283%2F5%29%28x-57%29\"=> so, he spent \"%282%2F5%29%28x-57%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Belle spent \"2%2F3\" of her money, she spent \"%282%2F3%29x\"=>Belle’s savings is \"%281%2F3%29x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given that the amount Alex spent was \"1%2F4\" of Belles savings how much did Belle spend\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282%2F5%29%28x-57%29=%281%2F4%29%281%2F3%29x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282x%29%2F5+-+114%2F5+=+x%2F12\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282x%29%2F5+-x%2F12++=114%2F5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2819x%29%2F60++=114%2F5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"19x++=60%28114%2F5%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"19x++=1368\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x++=1368%2F19\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x++=72\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "answer: she spent : \"%282%2F3%29%2A72=48\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Belle had $\"72\"=> she spent \"2%2F3\" of her money $\"%282%2F3%2972=48\" and saved $\"72-48=24\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Alex had $\"72-57=15\"=> he spent \"1%2F4\" of Belles savings which $\"%281%2F4%2924=6\" and saved $\"15-6=9\"\r
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