Question

Alexis and her little sister Emma went to Gold Trust National Bank. When they got there, Alexis had three times as much money in her account as Emma. After Alexis withdrew $100 to buy some new clothes and Emma deposited $25 that she got for her birthday, they had the same amount in their accounts.

How much money did Emma have in her account when she and Alexis got to the bank?

Answer 1

Answer:62.50

Explanation:

she had 62.50

Answer 2

Emma had $62.50 in her account when she and Alexis got to the bank.

Explanation:

Let's start by assigning variables to the unknowns in the problem. Let's call the amount of money in Emma's account before she made her deposit "E", and the amount of money in Alexis's account before she made her withdrawal "A".

From the problem, we know that:

A = 3E (because Alexis had three times as much money as Emma before making her withdrawal)

After Alexis withdrew $100 and Emma deposited $25, they had the same amount of money in their accounts. So we can set up another equation:

A - 100 = E + 25

Simplifying this equation, we get:

A = E + 125

Now we can substitute the first equation into the second equation, because we know that A is equal to 3E:

3E = E + 125

Subtracting E from both sides, we get:

2E = 125

Dividing both sides by 2, we get:

E = 62.5

So Emma had $62.50 in her account when she and Alexis got to the bank.