SOLUTION: Hi susie and dominic had the same amount of money. She spent 0.7 of her money while he spent .2 of his. Dominic the bought 3 pens for 36 dollars and found that he had twice as mu

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Question 1106810: Hi
susie and dominic had the same amount of money. She spent 0.7 of her money while he spent .2 of his. Dominic the bought 3 pens for 36 dollars and found that he had twice as much money left as the amount of money that susie had left. How much did they have altogether.
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Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
she had 0.3x of her money left
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x-36 = 2(0.3x)
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x-36 = 0.6x
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0.4x = 36
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x = 90
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susie and dominic had $180 together
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