Question

mr chong had $y in his wallet at first . after withdrawing $300 from the bank he gave his wife half of the total amount of money he had.A)find the amount of money he had left in terms of y.B) if Mr chong had $60 in his wallet at first how much money did he have left?​

Answer 1

given, Chong has $y in his wallet

he withdrew $300 from bank

now total money he have is

y+300

After giving half of his total money to his wife he finally has

[ y+300]-[ y+300]

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2

=[ y+300]

----------------- final amount in y terms

2

put y=60 in above expression

we get $180...it is what left with him