SOLUTION: Fred has $120 more than Bob. After Fred spends $20 on groceries, Fred has 6 times as much money as Bob. How much money does Bob have?
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Question 1095027: Fred has $120 more than Bob. After Fred spends $20 on groceries, Fred has 6 times as much money as Bob. How much money does Bob have? Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = Bob's amount
Let = Fred's amount
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You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Fred has $120 more than Bob. After Fred spends $20 on groceries, Fred has 6 times as much money as Bob. How much money does Bob have?
Let amount Bob has be B
Then Fred has: B + 120
We then get: B + 120 - 20 = 6B
100 = 5B
B, or amount Bob has =
