Jess had $17 more than Vincent at first. Vincent spent $9 less than Jess at a sale. Vincent then had 7/11 as much money as Jess. How much did both of them have altogether in the end?

Answer 1

j=17+v

j-9 -x= v-x

v-x= 7(j-9-x)/11

let v=100,j=117

then

after spending

v=about$54.50

j = about$82.50

among an infinite number of other solutions