Question

Bo pay bills with 1/2 of his paycheck and put 1/5 of the remainder in savings the rest of his paycheck he divided equally among the college accounts of his 3 children what fraction of his paycheck went into each child's account and if both deposit $400 in each child's account how much money was in Bo original paycheck

Answer 1

Hello  Kirbyjanel

For college, the equation we can use is 1-1/2-1/5 = 3/10. Divided by 3 children, 3/10 /3 = 1/10

Then for Bo's original paycheck, 400 = 1/10 of the total (from above), so 400 = x/10. x = 400*10 = 4000

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