Question

Shannon and Kelly spent $135 on gift certificates for their friends during the holidays. If this amount is 5/7 their total spending money, how much spending money did they originally have? Set up an equation and solve.

Answer 1

Answer:

$189

Step-by-step explanation:

Let their total amount of spending money be x

given that $135 they spent is 5/7 of their total spending money,

mathematically:

135 = (5/7) x     (multiply both sides by 7)

135 (7) = 5x

945 = 5x

5x = 945  (divide both sides by 5)

x = 945 / 5

x = 189