Femi spent 1/4 of his money on transport, 2/5 on food and has #700.00 left. how much did he start with?
(1/4)x+(1/4*1/2)x=700
i made a i little error in my previous post
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(1/4)x+(1/4*2/5)x=700
solve for x
x=33.3
x/4+2x/20=700...mucg easier now rit? just find x
nope. He spent that money, and 700 was left. So,
x - x/4 - 2x/5 = 700
x = 2000
1/4 of 2000 = 500
2/5 of 2000 = 800
So, he spent 1300, leaving 700
To find out how much Femi started with, we need to work backward from the amount he has left.
Let's assume Femi started with X amount of money.
He spent 1/4 of his money on transport, which means he has (3/4) * X left.
He then spent 2/5 of the remaining money on food, so he has (3/4) * X * (3/5) left.
We know that he has #700.00 left, so we can write the equation:
(3/4) * X * (3/5) = 700
To solve for X, we can multiply both sides of the equation by (4/3) and then multiply again by (5/3) to simplify the equation:
X = 700 * (4/3) * (5/3)
X = 700 * (20/9)
Calculating the expression:
X ≈ #1555.56
Therefore, Femi originally had approximately #1555.56.