document.write( "Question 1207675: Hi
\n" ); document.write( "Sarah spent 3/8 of her allowance on food and 1/3 of the remainder on clothes. Then she shares the rest of her allowance equally with her sisters such that each of them received 1/12 of her total allowance. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "Given that they each received $208 dollars, how much does Sarah spend on clothes.
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document.write( "Sarah spent 3/8 of her allowance on food and 1/3 of the remainder on clothes. Then she shares the rest of her allowance equally with her sisters such that each of them received 1/12 of her total allowance. \r\n" );
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document.write( "How many sisters does she have.\r\n" );
document.write( "Given that they each received $208 dollars, how much does Sarah spend on clothes. \r\n" );
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document.write( "After spending \"3%2F8\" of her allowance on food, Sarah had \"matrix%281%2C4%2C+1+-+3%2F8%2C+%22=%22%2C+5%2F8%2C+left%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "After spending \"1%2F3\" of the remainder on clothes, she had \r\n" );
document.write( "Sharing the remainder, \"5%2F12\" with her sisters, with each sister receiving \"1%2F12\" of her total allowance,\r\n" );
document.write( "number of sisters remainder was shared with\r\n" );
document.write( "Fraction of allowance each sister received: \"1%2F12\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Amount of allowance each sister received: $208\r\n" );
document.write( "Fraction of allowance spent on clothes: \"matrix%281%2C5%2C+1%2F3%2C+of%2C+5%2F8%2C+%22=%22%2C+5%2F24%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Amount of allowance spent on clothes: Let this be C\r\n" );
document.write( "We then get the following PROPORTION: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%281%2F12%29%2F%285%2F24%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+208%2FC%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "                                    \"1%2F12\"รท\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+5%2F24%2C+%22=%22%2C+208%2FC%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                          2C = 5(208) ----- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "         Amount spent on clothes, or 
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