Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Soumik has $5 less than his friend Kofi. If they have $97.50 altogether, how much does each person have?

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The most clear method to solve this is to denote the variables and to solve the system of equations that occurs. This system is simple!


Let be the amount of dollars Soumik have, and that Kofi have. "Soumik has less than his friend Kofi" gives us the equation



and "they have altogether" gives the equation




Substitute from the first equation to the second and get


thus


and finally


Recall that and find



The answer: Soumik has $46.25 and Kofi has $51.25.

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