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by hafiz24 (offline) on Wednesday, July 07 2010 @ 04:40 AM CDT (Read 241 times)
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20% of John's savings is $120 more than 30% of Bryan's savings. After John spent 5/6 of his savings, John has $20 more than Bryan. Find John's savings at first.
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by pklua (offline) on Thursday, July 08 2010 @ 03:58 AM CDT
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John's savings=J
Bryan Savings=B
1st scenario: 20% of John's savings is $120 more than 30% of Bryan's savings
1/5J = 3/10B+$120
J = 3/2B+$600
B = 2/3J-$$400 ....(1)
2nd Scenario: 1/6 of John's saving is $20 more than Bryan's savings
1/6J = B+$20...(2)
substitute (1) in (2)
1/6J = 2/3J-$400+$20
1/2J=$380
J=$380 x 2 = $760
John's saving was $760 at first.
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