SOLUTION: If Mr. Wersted equally distributed the money in his pocket among the students in his class, each would receive $ 1.26 . If there had been four more students, then each would have r

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Question 252241: If Mr. Wersted equally distributed the money in his pocket among the students in his class, each would receive $ 1.26 . If there had been four more students, then each would have received $ 1.05 . How much money was in his pocket?
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If Mr. Wersted equally distributed the money in his pocket among the students in his class, each would receive $ 1.26 . If there had been four more students, then each would have received $ 1.05 . How much money was in his pocket?
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Let x = number of students in class
then
total = 1.26x (before adding 4 students)
after adding 4 students:
total = 1.05(x+4)
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1.26x = 1.05(x+4)
1.26x = 1.05x + 4.20
0.21x = 4.20
x = 20 (students in his class)
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Amount in his pocket:
total = 1.26x = 1.26(20) = $25.20