SOLUTION: John buys a car for £1,500. He uses 50% of the money in his bank account to buy the car. How much money was in his account to start with?
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Question 410586: John buys a car for £1,500. He uses 50% of the money in his bank account to buy the car. How much money was in his account to start with? Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = the amount of money in John's bank account. You can express the amount he used to buy the car as: Sorry, I forgot how to get the pound sterling symbol. Now divide by 0.5 Pounds.
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