SOLUTION: A girl spent 1/5 of her cash on stamps and twice as much on postcards and then had €1.00. How much had she to start?
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Question 549047: A girl spent 1/5 of her cash on stamps and twice as much on postcards and then had €1.00. How much had she to start? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
If she spent of her total on one item, and twice as much on the second item, then she spent on the second item and she spent all together. Which means that she had left.
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
