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.

1/20 @steve?