$Illustrate an arithmetical concept involving four girls of diverse descents: Caucasian, Hispanic, Black, and South Asian. Each girl is receiving a portion of a large pile of gold coins. The first girl has half of the pile, the second girl has quarter of the pile, the third girl has one-fifth of the pile, and the fourth one has a considerably smaller pile representing 25k. Make sure that it is clear each girl represents a different fraction of the original sum. The image should not contain any text.$

Four girls shared a certain sum of money. The first received 1/2 of it, the second 1/4 and the third 1/5. If the fourth girl received 25k, what was the original money?

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1/2 + 1/4 + 1/5 = 19/20

So, 1/20 x = 25k
x = 500k

Olumide, Steve means that “x”, the variable, is the answer. He is just assuming “x” as the answer rather than “?” or “unknown”.

Good job

N5.00

½+⅓+¼+⅕ = 5.00

5.00 To solve this problem, we can work backwards. Since the fourth girl received 1/5 of the original money and her share is $25,000, we can multiply her share by 5 to find the original sum of money.

Original sum of money = 25,000 x 5 = $125,000

Therefore, the original sum of money was $125,000.