Lisa gave Megan as many dollars as Megan started out with. Megan then gave Lisa back as much as Lisa had left. Lisa then gave Megan as back as many dollars as Megan had left, which left Lisa broke and gave Megan a total of $80.00. How much did Lisa and Megan have at the beginning of their exchange?

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nottim · Answer

$40 each?

lgbasallote · Answer

nope :P close

nottim · Answer

$80?

lgbasallote · Answer

hahaha lol. no. HINT: one had greater money than the other

nottim · Answer

30 and 50?

lgbasallote · Answer

lol stop guessing :PPP

nottim · Answer

im making educated guesses...

lgbasallote · Answer

looool =))) im waiting for @FoolForMath hehe

lgbasallote · Answer

Please show solution

callisto · Answer

what does 'which left Lisa broke ' mean?

anonymous · Answer

lisa 50, megan 30?

ash2326 · Answer

In the beginning:
Lisa had $ 40 
Megan had $24

directrix · Answer

Lisa had $50 and Megan had $30. http://www.besthardriddles.com/2011/08/best-and-hard-math-riddles-case-1-10.html

anonymous · Answer

ahh yeah!

lgbasallote · Answer

lol @Directrix that was rather unfair :p searching where i searched hahahaha

anonymous · Answer

lise 30--> megan.... Meg20-->lisa... Lisa 40--> meg

directrix · Answer

If OS-M had a better search engine, I wouldn't have to roam the Internet. I'm still working on a solution.

jlastino · Answer

$50 and $30

lgbasallote · Answer

yeah..it's actually the solution im looking for. im wondering how they got it

anonymous · Answer

i just gave the solution

anonymous · Answer

first tried 50, 30 and it worked,

lgbasallote · Answer

but "try" is not what im looking for. i wanted the algebraic solution to this..

directrix · Answer

@mrshappo0 --> That's not really a solution. It's just a demonstration that the suggested answer works. But, hey, any port in a storm, I say.

directrix · Answer

@lgbasallote --> They want money for that so we'll have to figure it out. I know we can.

callisto · Answer

A little messy...

anonymous · Answer

The total is 80 and consider another variable x. Not much difficult now.

lgbasallote · Answer

...good explanation... =))))

anonymous · Answer

Do you have any more of these?

lgbasallote · Answer

what do you mean? the same format? or the same difficulty?

jlastino · Answer

if anyone's wondering he got it from here http://www.besthardriddles.com/2011/08/best-and-hard-math-riddles-case-1-10.html

anonymous · Answer

Anything