Question

ians mother gave ian some money for lunch and dinner .he spent 1/3 of the money on lunch and 5\9 of the money on dinner . he spent $86 less in lunch than dinner .how much money did he spend on lunch and dinner​

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Expert Answer Given the wording of the problem we can set up the equation x/3=5x/9-86. This is correct because if we take the amount of money Ian spent on dinner and subtract $86, it would be the same as the amount he spent on lunch.