document.write( "Question 1206592: Every month. Andie spent 1/5 of his salary on food and 2/3 of the remaining salary on transport. After spending his salary on food and transport, he gave 50% of the rest of the salary to his parents and saved the rest of the $350 How much did he spend on food and transport every month? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Every month. Andie spent 1/5 of his salary on food and 2/3 of the remaining salary on transport. After spending his salary on food and transport, he gave 50% of the rest of the salary to his parents and saved the rest of the $350 How much did he spend on food and transport every month?\r\n" );
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document.write( "After spending  on food, , or  of his salary remained\r\n" );
document.write( "After spending  of REMAINDER on transportation,  or  of his salary remained\r\n" );
document.write( "After giving 50% (.5) of the remaining  to his parents, he had .5(), or  remaining, which happens to be $350\r\n" );
document.write( "Since  of his salary remained after spending some on food and transportation, , or  of his salary was \r\n" );
document.write( "spent on food and transportation\r\n" );
document.write( "This then produces the following PROPORTION: , with x being the amount spent on food and transportation\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                                 2x = 11(350) ---- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "     Amount spent on food and transportation, or

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