Susan had some money. she spent one-sixth of her money on Saturday.on Sunday,she spent one-half of the remaining money and gave $20 to her niece. she spent the rest of her money at an average of $15 for the next 5days.how much money did Susan have at first?

Assuming that after the last 5 days Susan had no money left,

during the last 5 days, she spent 5*15 - 75
before giving 20 to her niece, she had 95
95 was half her money, so before Sunday she had 190
190 was 5/6 of her money on Saturday, so she started with $228

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paula spent 3/8 of her allowance on clothes and 1/6 on entertainment. what fraction of her allowance did she spend on other ite

1/6

$228

To find out how much money Susan had at first, we need to work backwards and calculate each step in reverse.

1. Let's start with the amount of money Susan had after spending one-sixth on Saturday. We can call this amount "x."
- Susan spent one-sixth of her money, so she has (1 - 1/6) * x = 5/6 * x remaining.

2. Next, we need to calculate the amount of money she had after spending one-half of the remaining money on Sunday and giving $20 to her niece.
- Susan spent one-half of the remaining money, so she has (1 - 1/2) * (5/6 * x) = 1/2 * (5/6 * x) = 5/12 * x remaining.
- After giving $20 to her niece, she has 5/12 * x - $20 remaining.

3. Finally, we need to calculate the amount Susan had at first by adding up the remaining money she spent over the next 5 days at an average of $15 per day.
- Over 5 days, she spent 5 * $15 = $75 in total.
- So the remaining money she had after 5 days of spending is 5/12 * x - $20 - $75 = 5/12 * x - $95.

Since this is the amount Susan had at the end, we can set it equal to the original amount of money she had:
5/12 * x - $95 = x

Now, let's solve this equation to find the value of x, which represents the amount of money Susan had at first.

5/12 * x - $95 = x
5/12 * x - x = $95
(5 - 12/12) * x = $95 (combining like terms)
(-7/12) * x = $95
x = $95 / (-7/12)
x ≈ $-162.86 (rounded to the nearest cent)

Since money cannot be negative, it seems there was an error in the calculations or assumptions made. Please double-check the provided information or re-calculate accordingly.

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