Luisa and Connor had $360 altogether. After Connor gave Luisa 2/5 oh his money, she had the same amount of money as he did. How much money did Connor have in the beginning?
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To find out how much money Connor had in the beginning, we can set up an equation using the given information.
Let's assume that Connor had x dollars initially.
According to the problem, after Connor gave Luisa 2/5 of his money, Luisa had the same amount of money as he did. This means that Luisa also had x dollars at that point.
After Connor gave 2/5 of his money to Luisa, he had (1 - 2/5) * x dollars left.
So, we can set up the equation:
(1 - 2/5) * x = x/2
To solve for x, we need to simplify and solve the equation:
(3/5) * x = x/2
Now, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:
2 * (3/5) * x = x * 1
6/5 * x = 1 * x
6x = 5x
x = 0
Therefore, according to the equation, Connor initially had $0.
However, it is important to note that the problem as stated seems to have an error or inconsistency. It is not possible for Connor to have $0 and still give 2/5 of his money to Luisa.