The question was .......
"John spent $24 of his savings on a watch and 1 fifth of the remainder on a T- shirt. He still had 2 thirds of his savings left. How much was his savings at first?"
WizzKid and I were perplexed!
After much deliberation ..... Wizzkid turned to me and said "Gees-man , John should have kept his flippin' receipt!!!" ...... we laughed and laughed!!
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6 comments:
Ok, ok, I'll bite and try this, but only if you post the answer sometime :)
Wizzkid's response had me laughing!!
beth
heehe!!
Be blessed,
Chasity
Such a practical answer! And much simpler too :-)
Eish! I like his answer. That is mind boggling. Please let us know the answer!
That's SO funny!
Hilarious!
I'm going to try to solve this:
Given: x - 24 = y and y - 1/5y = 2/3x -> 4/5y = 2/3x -> y = 10/12x
Therefore:
x - 24 = 5/6x
1/6x = 24
x = $144
Check:
$144 - $24 = $120
$120 * 1/5 = $24
$120 - $24 = $96
2/3 * $144 = $96
Answer checks out. John's savings were $144.
~Luke
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