Seth, Andy and Ben shared a sum of money. The amount received by Andy was 5/6 the amount of money received by Ben. After Seth had given $42 to Andy and $22 to Ben, Andy gave $4 to Ben. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that Seth and Andy had at first.

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Seth, Andy and Ben shared a sum of money. The amount received by Andy was 5/6 the amount of money received by Ben. After Seth had given $42 to Andy and $22 to Ben, Andy gave $4 to Ben. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that Seth and Andy had at first.
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