Homework Help: math,(fraction)

Posted by Da S on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 12:03am.

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?

math,(fraction) - Steve, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 9:31am
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
math,(fraction) - Lauren, Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 7:30pm
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