Problema Solution

Mohamed and peter are two close friends.if mohamed gives peter aquarter of his money,peter will have twice as much money as mohamed.if peter gives 200 shillings to mohamed,mohamed will have twice as much as peter.taking initial amount owned by mohamed and peter to be v and h respectively,find the amount each has

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v intial amount at mohamed . h at peter. 

h+v/4=2*3v/4

h+v/4=3v/2

h=5v/4

 

v+200=2(h-200)

v=2h - 600

since h=5v/4

5v/2-v = 600

3v=1200

v=400

h=500