SOLUTION: peter and paul had $340 altogether. Peter spent 3/4 of his money and Paul spent 2/5 of his money. Then they found that they each had an equal amount of money left. How much money d
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Question 971123: peter and paul had $340 altogether. Peter spent 3/4 of his money and Paul spent 2/5 of his money. Then they found that they each had an equal amount of money left. How much money did each of them have at first?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let Peter have x$ as his money.
Then Paul has (340-x)$ as his money.
Peter had 1/4 of his money left.
Paul had 3/5 of his money left.
x/4=3/5(340-x)
5x=12(340)-12x
17x=12(340)
x=12(20)=240$
Peter had 240$ as his money.
Paul had 100$ as his money.
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