A boy spent half of his money on sweet and one quarter of on kolanut if he has 6.00 left how much is the original amount
spent 3/4 of it so had 1/4 left
x/4 = 6
x = 24
original --- x
He spent 1/2 of that, then another 1/4, so he spent 3/4 of his money
(1/4)x = 6
x = 24
check:
sweets --- (1/2)24 = 12
nut -----(1/4)24 = 6
so he spent 18, leaving him with 6
OR, if the wording was " .. and one quarter of the remainder on kolanut ..."
then:
spent on sweets ---- 12 , leaving him with 1/2 x
spent 1/4 of that on nut, (1/4)(1/2)x = 1/8 x
so he spent 1/2 x + 1/8 x or (5/8)3, that would leave 3/8 x
3/8 x = 6
3x = 48
x = 16
So you decide how you should have typed it
Let's call the boy's original amount of money "x".
According to the information given, the boy spent half of his money on sweets and one-quarter on kolanuts. This means he has 1 - 1/2 - 1/4 = 1/4 of his money left.
We're also told that the boy has $6 left. So, we can set up the equation:
(1/4) * x = $6
To solve for x, multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 1/4, which is 4/1:
(1/4) * x * (4/1) = $6 * (4/1)
This simplifies to:
x = $24
Therefore, the original amount of money the boy had was $24.
To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation.
Let's assume the original amount of money the boy had was "x" dollars.
According to the information given, the boy spent half of his money on sweets, which would be (1/2)x dollars. Additionally, he spent one quarter (1/4) of his money on kolanut, which would be (1/4)x dollars.
The amount of money he has left, which is 6.00 dollars, can be represented as:
x - (1/2)x - (1/4)x = 6.00
To solve this equation, we can simplify it:
x - (1/2)x - (1/4)x = 6
(3/4)x = 6
x = (6 * 4) / 3
x = 8
Therefore, the original amount of money the boy had was 8.00 dollars.