SOLUTION: Hi Henry and Cecilia had a sum of 240 dollars. Henry received one quarter of Cecilia s money. He then gave 3/8 of the money he had to Cecilia. Finally each of them had the same a

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Question 1122669: Hi
Henry and Cecilia had a sum of 240 dollars. Henry received one quarter of Cecilia s money. He then gave 3/8 of the money he had to Cecilia. Finally each of them had the same amount of money. Find the original amount of money that henry had.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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h%2Bc=240

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Henry received one quarter of Cecilia s money.
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henryh%2Bc%2F4,
cecilia%283%2F4%29c


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He then gave 3/8 of the money he had to Cecilia.
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henry%285%2F8%29%28h%2Bc%2F4%29
cecila%283c%2F4%29%2B%283%2F8%29%28h%2Bc%2F4%29



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Finally each of them had the same amount of money.
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system%28%285%2F8%29%28h%2Bc%2F4%29=%283c%2F4%29%2B%283%2F8%29%28h%2Bc%2F4%29%2Ch%2Bc=240%29
Simplify and solve the system.

Also, at the end, each of them had 120 dollars.