document.write( "Question 1207222: Aloysius had some money at first. He spent $360 on a suit. He then spent 1/7 of his remaining money on shoes and had 2/5 of his money left. How much money did he have at first? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Aloysius had some money at first. He spent $360 on a suit. He then spent 1/7 of his remaining money on shoes and had 2/5 of his money left. How much money did he have at first?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let original amount he had, be A\r\n" );
document.write( "After spending $360, he had A - 360 left\r\n" );
document.write( "After spending  of remainder, he had \r\n" );
document.write( "Also, it's given that he had  of his money left. This would be: \r\n" );
document.write( "We now equate the 2 remainders to get: \r\n" );
document.write( "                                              7(2A) = 5(6A - 2,160) ---- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                14A = 30A - 5(2,160)\r\n" );
document.write( "                                          14A - 30A = - 5(2,160)\r\n" );
document.write( "                                              - 16A = - 5(2,160)\r\n" );
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