Melvin hod 3 times as much money as Nick. Every day Nick spent $8 and Melvin spent $5. When Nick had spent all his money Melvin had $285 left (a) How many days did Nick take to spend all his money? (b) How much money did both of them have at first?

Melvin hod 3 times as much money as Nick. Every day Nick spent $8 and Melvin spent $5. When Nick had spent all his money Melvin had $285 left (a) How many days did Nick take to spend all his money? (b) How much money did both of them have at first?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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