Posted by PLEASE HELP on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10:21pm.
Let x = money to start
5/8x - 1/2(5/8x) = 6.25
Solve for x.
if he spent 1/2 of what was left on a magazine then he had 12.50 before he bought the magazine. Maybe you could use this as a starting point.
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