Problema Solution
Al saves pennies. He agreed to give 2/5 of his pennies to Bev if she would give 2/5 of what she got from AL to Carl and if Carl in turn would give 2/5 of what he got from Bev to Dani. Bev, Carl and Dani agreed and Dani received 120 pennies. How many pennies did Al have initially?
Al had ____ pennies initially.
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Dani gets 120 pennies.
So,original pennies with Al were=120*5/2*5/2*5/2 = 1875 pennies.