Question

its an an attachment i will give a medal

Answer 1

Please NAME the amount of money originally in the pocket. Seriously, just give it a name!

Answer 2

The second problem needs to be trivial. Are you struggling with it?

Answer 3

i need help on both of them

Answer 4

you have X and you spend 1/4 x and 1/5 x on something else. When you start with X and subtract those other two things, you are left with 11, what is X?

Answer 5

Problem 2 is just a subtraction problem. No symbols needed.

Answer 6

Done!

Answer 7

ok how about the 1st one

Answer 8

Did you NAME the amount of money in the pocket? ybarrup called it "X". Does that sound like a good name?

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

is it A

Answer 11

Okay, if he has X dollars and he spent 1/4 of those dollars, write an expression for how much money he spent.

Answer 12

x-1/4

Answer 13

No. That would be spending 25¢. You need 1/4 of the total original funds. Try again.

Answer 14

you are on the right track, keep going

Answer 15

1/4x

Answer 16

yay, now put it all together

Answer 17

Well, x/4 would be more clear, but yes.

Okay, he also spent 1/5 of the funds. Write an expression for that.

Answer 18

x/5

Answer 19

Perfect.

Now, he started with x
He spent x/4
He spent x/5

Can you write an expression representing the amount of funds REAMAINING in his pocket?

Answer 20

x/4-x/5=11

Answer 21

Not so. That's just the amount spent. You must start with the amount originally in the pocket.

x - x/4 - x/5 = 11

Does this make sense?

Answer 22

i think so

Answer 23

The rest is algebra. Go!

Answer 24

You are subtracting your debts and only you have X to start with

Answer 25

the answer is 231 which is A

Answer 26

You didn't solve for x. That's not what I get.

Answer 27

what did you get

Answer 28

220

Answer 29

220+11=231

Answer 30

You need to solve \( x - x/4 - x/5 = 11 \).

Answer 31

i did

Answer 32

show me your work and we can see what went wrong.

Answer 33

my computer is about to reset in 30 sec so i cant show you but thanks

Answer 34

Let x be the amount of pocket money before any spending occurs.
If 1/4 of x is spent, then 3/4 of x remains.
If 1/5 of (3/4)x is spent then 4/5 of (3/4)x remains.

Solve the following for x:\[\frac{4}{5}\left(\frac{3}{4}x\right)= 11\]\[x=\frac{55}{3} \]Verify the result the long way:\[\left(\frac{55}{3}-\frac{1}{4}\frac{55}{3}\right)=\frac{55}{4} \]\[\frac{55}{4}-\frac{1}{5}\frac{55}{4}=11 \]

Answer 35

55/3 $ doesn't convert to paper and coin money. the USA does not mint 1/3 dollars that I know of.