We will have that for the previous year, he had in the account:

For the year previous to that one, he had:

For the previous year to that, he had:

For the year previous to that one, he had:

For the second year that the money was in the account, there was:

And the orinial ammount of money that was in the account was:

From this, we know that Jhon had originally $1400.37 in the bank account.
Remember you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sides
a=age
500 reduced by 2 times a is equal to 388
500-2a=388
minus 500 both sides
-2a=-112
divide both sides by -2
a=56
you are 56