Four girls shared a certain sum of money. The first received 1/2 of it, the second 1/4 and the third 1/5. If the fourth girl received 25k, what was the original money?
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/5 = 19/20
So, 1/20 x = 25k
x = 500k
Olumide, Steve means that “x”, the variable, is the answer. He is just assuming “x” as the answer rather than “?” or “unknown”.
Good job
N5.00
½+⅓+¼+⅕ = 5.00
5.00
To solve this problem, we can work backwards. Since the fourth girl received 1/5 of the original money and her share is $25,000, we can multiply her share by 5 to find the original sum of money.
Original sum of money = 25,000 x 5 = $125,000
Therefore, the original sum of money was $125,000.