Sam puts 1/5 of his newspaper selling money in savings and uses 1/8 of the remaining money to buy a movie. If he has $14 left. How much did he have at first?

Correct answer: x = 20$

Step-by-step explanation:

The required equation for this situation is:

1/5 (x) + 1/8 (4/5 (x)) + 14 = x = > 1/5 (x) + 4/40 (x) + 14 = x = >

1/5 (x) + 1/10 (x) + 14 = x

we will multiply both sides of the equation by 10 and get

2 x + x + 140 = 10 x = > 10 x - 3 x = 140 = > 7 x = 140 = > x = 140 / 7

x = 20$

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