SOLUTION: A and B bought stocks with equal sums of money; A gained a sum equal to 1/5 of his stock ; B lost $200, and now B he has only ½ as much as A ; how much original money did each have

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Question 202917: A and B bought stocks with equal sums of money; A gained a sum equal to 1/5 of his stock ; B lost $200, and now B he has only ½ as much as A ; how much original money did each have ?
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Let represent the original amount invested by each. Since A gained , A now has . B lost $200, so he now has , and two times that is what A has, so:



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