Problema Solution

Tom invested half his money in land, a tenth in stock, and a twentieth in bonds. he put the remaining $35000.00 in savings.

Find the total amount of money that Tom saved or invested and how did we find the answer.

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' represent Tom's money


x = x/2 + x/10 + x/20 + 35000

solving for 'x' we have x=100000


Tom's total amount of money was $100,000