Homework Help: maths

Posted by danial on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 4:25am.

Peter had 3/4 as much money as James at first. After receiving $12 each, Peter had 3/5 as much money as James. How much money did Peter have at first?

maths - bobpursley, Friday, January 8, 2010 at 6:03am
p=3/4 J
p+12= 3/5(j+12)
Can you solve for P and J?

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