Mr.Shea saved $2,500 in April. His monthly salary is Twice the amount he saved in April. In May, he saved a certain amount of money.He spent $4,200 more than the amount he saved. How much did he save in May.

This question was written by a moron. Where does it say that he could only spend his monthly salary? What happened to the $2500 he saved last month, or the rest of the money he has in the bank? He could've saved any amount from $1-5000. Not to mention the bigger problem. If he spent $4200 more than he "saved" then the real answer is $0. He didn't really save anything.

here is the answer.

lets say X is the saved money in May.
He spend 4200 more than X. It meant X+4200 is the money that he spent.
So, X + (X+4200) needs to be 5000.
Therefore, X=400. He saved 400 dollars in May

my brain hurts

This is answer includes too many assumptions.

Where did you learn your math????? You should ask them to give you money back, because they didn't teach you anything.

The question mentions 2 months: April and May. The purpose of April is to calculate his monthly salary. So, monthly salary = 2 x $2500 = $5000. Since, we already know how much money he saved in April, we need to calculate how much he saved in May.
What is given in the question?
a) monthly salary = $5000 and b) he spent $4200 more than he saved.
So, solution is:
total amount (salary) = spent + saved
$5000 = (X + $4200) + X
$5000 = 2X + $4200
$800 = 2X
X = $400

He saved $400, he spent ($400 + $4200) = $4600, which is $5000 total.

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Brandon, no offense, but where did you learn YOUR math?

Eric is correct.

If my salary in December is $5000 and I spend $5000 in December for gifts, how much did I save? Zero.

Hence, if they claim he spent $4200 more than he saved, that means he did not save anything.

Extremely poorly written question!

you do not no how to do math

I am confused is it 400 or 800 if 400 please explain

While this is a poorly written problem, we can figure out the answer based on specific limitations and assumptions. He makes $5,000 in May and saved $400 and spent $4,600 ($4,200 more than he saved). Anyone saying $800 is missing that important fact.

If he saved $800, that would leave him with only $4,200 to spend. $4,200 more than $800 is $5,000 and is a clear error in the equation since that's his salary for the month.