2 Answers

Harper · Answer 1 · 2020-04-02T01:57:48+0000

Answer:

80 dollars.

Explanation:

Let the amount that A get be
dollars.

B will get the rest of the 336 dollars. That will be
336 - x dollars.

$\displaystyle (5)/(16)$ of what B get will be the same as what A gets. In other words,

$\displaystyle (5)/(16)(336-x) = x$ .

Add
$\displaystyle (5)/(16)x$ to both sides of the equation:

$\displaystyle (5)/(16)* 336 = (1 + (5)/(16))x$ .

$\displaystyle x = (\displaystyle (5)/(16)* 336)/(\displaystyle 1 + (5)/(16)) = 80$ .

In other words, A gets 80 dollars.

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