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document.write( "Ali and Samuel both had the same amount of money after Samuel gave $15 to Ali.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of Ali's money to Samuel's was 7:5. How much did each of them have at the beginning?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = Amount Ali ends up with = Amount Samuel ends up with\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewind the clock so that Samuel gets his $15 back<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Samuel's amount goes from x to x+15.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ali's amount drops from x to x-15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The ratio of Ali's money to Samuel's was 7:5\" means that,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ali/Samuel = (x-15)/(x+15) = 7/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That equation solves to x = -90 which makes no sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If instead the ratio was Samuel to Ali, then the equation would be (x+15)/(x-15) = 7/5 and that solves to x = 90.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It appears some typo is going on here.<BR>\n" );
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