First I spent half the money for clothes. Then I spent $6 to go to a movie. Then half of what was left to download of song. now I have $7 left. How much was the original money.
just tally the remaining money after each step:
clothes: x/2
movie: x/2 - 6
song: x/4 - 3 = 7
x=40
So, you spent
20 on clothes, leaving 20
6 on movie, leaving 14
7 on song, leaving 7
Thank you.
Let's break down the problem step by step.
Step 1: If you spent half of your money on clothes, it means that you have another half remaining.
Step 2: After spending $6 on a movie, you now have half of the remaining money.
Step 3: You used another half of the remaining money to download a song.
Step 4: After spending the money for the song, you have $7 left.
To find the original amount of money, we will work backwards from the given information.
Step 5: Since you have $7 left, this represents half of the money you had before spending it on the song.
Step 6: Doubling the amount you have remaining ($7), you get the amount you had before spending it on the song. This means the original amount of money is $7 * 2 = $14.
Step 7: After spending $6 on the movie, you had half of the remaining money, which is $14 / 2 = $7.
Therefore, the original amount of money you started with was $7 + $6 + $7 = $20.