
I am not sure whether the info on “he has 5 times the amount of money James has” an important info?
I am not sure whether the info on “he has 5 times the amount of money James has” an important info?
The info of James $$ has no relevance in this question except to confuse. 🙂
Another possibility is a typo.
James has $125. Eric has 5 times the amount of money as James…….the rest the same…
That means Eric has $625, then Matthew would have (625-79)/2 = 273.
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Eric [ 125 ]
[ 46 ][ 79 ]
[u][u]
Matthew [u]
125-79 = 46
Twice of Matthew’s money = 2u = 46 => u = 23
Hence Matthew has $23