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11 March, 09:14

Mr lim gave $1200 to his mother. he then spent 3/5 of his remaining money on a computer. in the end he had 1/5 of his original amount left. how much money did he have at first

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  1. 11 March, 09:41
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    Let the initial money be x so by question,

    3x/5 + 1x/5+1200=x

    or, 1200 = x - 4x/5

    or, 1200 = 1x/5

    or, 6000 = x

    hence the initial money was 6000$
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