1/4 of Peter's money is the same as 2/3 of James money, James has $60. How much do they have altogether?
Set up an equation:
(1/4)x = (2/3)*60
Solve for x to get how much Peter has
x = 160
160 + 60 = 220
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To find out how much Peter has, we can use the information given in the question. We know that 1/4 of Peter's money is the same as 2/3 of James' money, and James has $60.
To solve this, we first need to find out how much James has:
James' money = $60
Now, we can use the ratio given to find out how much Peter has:
1/4 of Peter's money = 2/3 of James' money
Let's represent Peter's money as 'P':
1/4P = 2/3 * $60
To solve for P, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 4:
P = (2/3 * $60) * 4
P = (2/3 * $240)
P = $160
Therefore, Peter has $160.
To find out how much they have altogether, we add Peter's money to James' money:
$160 + $60 = $220
So, Peter and James have a total of $220 altogether.