SOLUTION: If person A and B has a total of 192. If person A given person B $30, person B will have twice as much as person A, how much person A and person B has?

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Question 750029: If person A and B has a total of 192. If person A given person B $30, person B will have twice as much as person A, how much person A and person B has?
Answer by sachi(548) About Me  (Show Source):
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let A has x then B has 192-x
A give person B $30, person B will have twice as much as person A
so 192-x+30=2(x-30)
or 222-x=2x-60
or 3x=282
or x=94 A has
B has 192-94=98