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at first, the ratio of john’s money to peter’s money was 4:7 . after john spent half of his money and peter spent $60, peter had twice the amount of money as john. how much money did john have at first?

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$80

Explanation:

4x/2=2x

7x-60

7x-60=2x*2

7x-60=4x

3x=60

x=20

20*4=80

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