<PRE><B>Question 1166992</B>
let x, y, z equal the amount of money that each friend has.


x represents the money that the first friend has.
y represents the money that the second friend has.
z represents the money that the third friend has.


your equation is:
3/5 * z + 1/4 * z + z = 37000


multiply both sides of this equation by 20 to get:
12 * z + 5 * z + 20 * z = 37000 * 20


combine like terms to get:
37 * z = 37000 * 20


divide both sides of the equation by 37 to get:
z = 1000 * 20 = 20,000.


you have:
z = 20,000
x = 3/5 * z = 3/5 * 20,000 = 12,000
y = 1/4 * z = 1/4 * 20,000 = 5,000


x + y + z = 12,000 + 5,000 + 20,000 = 37,000


your solution is:


first friend gets 12,000.
second friend gets 5,000
third friend gets 20,000



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