Question

Dave has 85p ellie has £1.43 How much should ellie give to dave so that they both have the same amount of money

Answer 1

29p

Explanation:

Money available with Dave = 85p

Money available with Ellie = £1.43

To find:

How much money should Ellie given to Dave so that they both have the same amount of money?

Solution:

First of all, let us convert £ to p.

1 £ = 100p

1.43£ = 143p

Let number of 'p' that Ellie has to give to Dave so that they have equal amount of money =
`x` p

Money left with Ellie after giving
`x` p to Dave = (143 -
`x`)p

Money with Dave after taking
`x` p from Ellie = (85 +
`x`)p

As per question statement, money with both of them is same.

i.e.

`143-x=85+x\\\Rightarrow 2x=143-85\\\Rightarrow 2x = 58\\\Rightarrow x = \bold{29p}`

Therefore, Ellie should give 29p to Dave so that they have same amount of money.

They both will have 1.14£ or 114p each.