Question:
The ratio of Jo’s money to Lina’s money is 8 : 5. Line spent $180 on a wallet while Jo spent twice as much money on a pair of shoes. The ratio of Jo’s money to Lina’s money then became 4 : 5.
(a) How much did both girls have in total at first?
(b) How much did Lina have in the end?
Solution:
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