* Asia and Taryn each had the same amount of money. After Asia spent $14 and Taryn spent S22, the ratio of Asia’s money to Taryn’s money was 4 to 3. How much money did each girl have at first?
a. Explain how to solve the problem with the aid of a strip diagram.
b. Create a harder problem for your students by changing the ratio, 4 to 3, to a different ratio and by changing the dollar amounts, $14 and $22, to different dollar amounts. Explain how to solve the problem.
c. Create a problem of about the same level of difficulty as the original problem by changing the ratio, 4 to 3, to a different ratio and by changing the dollar amounts, $14 and $22, to different dollar amounts. Explain how to solve the problem.
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