George has (-2x + 5) dollars. Evan has (6x +77) dollars. George and Evan have the same amount of money. How much do they each have?

Answer 1

To find out how much money George and Evan have, we can set their amounts equal to each other and solve for x.

(-2x + 5) = (6x + 77)

Now, we can solve for x by moving like terms to the same side:

-2x - 6x = 77 - 5
-8x = 72
x = -9

Now that we have found the value of x, we can plug it back into either expression to find out how much money George and Evan have:

George = -2(-9) + 5 = 18 + 5 = 23 dollars
Evan = 6(-9) + 77 = -54 + 77 = 23 dollars

Therefore, George has 23 dollars and Evan has 23 dollars as well.