Question

Samantha, Cleo, and Elena had $780 altogether. Samantha had $40 more than Cleo, and Cleo had twice as much money as Elena. How much money did Cleo have?

Answer 1

Answer:

$296

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this we can create an equation in which we will solve for X.  Because according to the question Elena had the least amount of money we will make her X and everything else is based of her amount of money. Cleo had twice as much as Elena making him 2X and Samantha and 40 more than Cleo making her 2X+40.  Because the total is 780 our equation will be

X+2X+2X+40=780 we can combine like terms to get 5X+40=780 then isolate the variable 5X=740 and divide both sides by 5 to get what X is 740/5=148 so Elena had $148 and because Cleo had twice as much as Elena we need to fine 2X which is 2 times 148 which is $296

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