Bo paid bills with 1/2 of his paycheck and put 1/5 of the remainder in savings. The rest of his paycheck he divided equally among college account for his three children. If Bo deposited $400 in a child's account how much money was in bo's original paycheck
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Now, we know that the $1200 is the remaining part of his paycheck after he paid bills and put some in savings. Let's call the amount he put in savings S and the amount he paid in bills B. So, his original paycheck can be represented as B + S + $1200. We are Show more…
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