1/2 was used to pay school fees and 3/4 of the remaining amount to pay rent. If I was remained with 300,000 shilling how much I was having at the beginning

Answer 1

Let x be the amount you had at the beginning.

After paying 1/2 of the amount for school fees, you had x - (1/2)x = (1/2)x remaining.

You then paid 3/4 of the remaining amount for rent, so you had (1/2)x - (3/4)(1/2)x = (1/2)x - (3/8)x = (1/8)x remaining.

Given that you were left with 300,000 shillings, we have:

(1/8)x = 300,000

Multiplying both sides by 8:

x = 8 * 300,000
x = 2,400,000

Therefore, you had 2,400,000 shillings at the beginning.