Barry had 60% of the amount Tom had. Tom had 2/3 more than Eddie. Given that the three men had $4400 altogether, how much did Tom have?

Answer 1

Eddie --- x
Tom ---- 5/3 x
Barry ---- (3/5)(5x/3) = x

x + 5x/3 + x = 4400
3x + 5x + 3x = 13200
x = 1200

So Eddie has 1200
Tom had 2000
Barry had 1200

The confusion could be in "Tom had 2/3 more than Eddie"
Had it said: "Tom had 2/3 of than Eddie" then we needed 2/3 x
with the "more" I interpreted that as 1 2/3 of Eddie's or 5/3 of x

Answer 2

Yes, Tom had $2000