Tierra, Nico, and Alex had $865 altogether. Tierra spent 2/5 of her money. Nico spent $40,and Alex spent twice as much as Tierra. If the three had the same amount of money left, how much money did alex have in the begging?

I was working on this at the same tiime as you, but I arrived at a different answer.

x = amt Tierra had
2x/5 = amt Tierra spent
3x/5 = amt Tierra had left

y = amt Alex had
4x/5 = amt Alex spent
y - 4x/5 = amt Alex had left

z = amt Nico had
$40 = amt Nico spent
z - 40 = amt Nico had left

Three equations
x + y + z = 865
3x/5 = z - 40
z - 40 = y - 4x/5

Solve these equations simultaneously,
x + y + z = 865
3x/5 - z = -40
z + 4x/5 - y = 40

x = 275 (Tierra had)
y = 385 (Alex had)
z = 205 (Nico had)

2x/5 = 110 = (Tierra spent)
4x/5 = 220 = (Alex spent)
40 = (Nico spent)

Each had $165 left
275 - 110 = 165 (Tierra left)
385 - 220 = 165 (Alex left)
205 - 40 = 165 (Nico left)

julia, please go with Helper's answer.

Thank you helper, I made a mistake with Alex's spending.

It should read:
Tierra spent 2/5 of her money, so she has 3t/5 left.
Nico spent $40, so he has n-40 left.
Alex spent twice that Tierra spent, so he has a-2(2t/5) left.

Equate money left for each person:
3t/5 = n-40 ...(2)
n-40 = a-a-2(2t/5) ...(3) "

Which obviously should give the same answer as yours.

It is $385

385

Hmmmmm..................its 385!

They each have $125.00 each left over.

Alex's total is $425.00.
Tierra's total is $275.00.
Nico's total is $165.00.

I can confirm this answer because in the end, they all add up to $865.00.

plain and simple it is $385 they each had $165 left over

Simon and Jimmy had 167 stamps altogether. Simon gave47of his stamps to Trina, and Jimmy gave 37 stamps to Trina. Simon and Jimmy had the same number of stamps left. How many stamps did Jimmy have in the beginning?

it is $385 and they each had $165 left

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