So he spent 1600 so x will represent original savings so x-1600 then he spent 2/5 of the remainder on a refrigerator so [(x-1600)2]/5 he had 1/3 of original savings left [(x-1600)2]/5=1/3x distrubute (2x-3200)/5=1/3x multiply both sides by 15 3(2x-3200)=5x distrubute 6x-9600=5x subtract 5x from both sides x-9600=0 add 9600 to both sides x=9600
