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Question 1196291: If Paul has $1431 left after spending 1/5 of his monthly salary for rent and 1/8 of his monthly salary for his credit card bill, what was his monthly salary?
Found 5 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1, math_tutor2020, ikleyn, amoresroy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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M, monthly salary

M-M%2F5-M%2F8, he has remaining after what he spent

M%281-1%2F5-1%2F8%29=1431
Simplify and solve.

Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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If Paul has $1431 left after spending 1/5 of his monthly salary for rent and 1/8 of his monthly salary for his credit card bill, what was his monthly salary?
let x be Paul’s monthly salary
spending 1%2F5 of his monthly salary for rent and 1%2F8 of his monthly salary for his credit card bill, he spend in total %281%2F5%29x%2B%281%2F8%29x
if Paul has $1431 left after spending, then his monthly salary is
x=%281%2F5%29x%2B%281%2F8%29x%2B1431
x-%281%2F5%29x-%281%2F8%29x=1431
%2827x%29%2F40=1431
27x=40%2A1431
x=57240%2F27
x=2120
his monthly salary was $2120

Answer by math_tutor2020(3816) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = his monthly salary
1/5 of which is spent on rent
1/8 of it is spent on the credit card bill

1/5 + 1/8 = 8/40 + 5/40 = 13/40

He spent 13/40 of his monthly salary on rent and the credit card bill
That leaves 27/40 of the monthly salary left over
Think of a pizza with 40 slices. 13 of them are eaten, so 40-13 = 27 are left.

(27/40)*x = 1431
27x = 1431*40
27x = 57240
x = 57240/27
x = 2120

Answer: $2120

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let assume that his salary is 40x.


Then he spent  %281%2F5%29%2A40x = 8x  and  %281%2F8%29%2A40x = 5x, 

or, in total,  8x+ 5x = 13x.


So, he has left  40x - 13x = 27x.


It gives an equation

    27x = 1431,


and we find  x = 1431/27 = 53.


Hence, his salary is  40*53 = 2120 dollars.    ANSWER

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Answer by amoresroy(361) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = Paul's monthly salary
x - x/5 - x/8 = 1431
Multiply all terms by 40 to eliminate denominator
40x - 8x -5x = 57,240
27x = 57,240
x = 2,120
Answer
Paul's monthly salary is $2,120.