Question

Whitney has £265 Nancy has £180 They each spend the same amount of money. Whitney has twice as much money as Nancy left now. How much money did they each spend?

Answer 1

£95

Explanation:

Given that:

Whitney's initial amount = £265

Nancy's initial amount = £180

Let amount each spent = x (amount is the same)

After spending Whitney has twice as much money as Nancy.

Amount spent by each?

(Whitney's initial amount - x) = 2(Nancy's initial amount - x)

265 - x = 2(180 - x)

265 - x = 360 - 2x

-x + 2x = 360 - 265

x = £95

Hence, they both spent £95