for every $3 marisa spends, john spends 5. If john spends $120 more than marisa how much dis john spend.?

Answer 1

First off find how much more John spends than Marisa for each "unit of spend."

This is obviously $2.

If you divide the $120 by the $2 extra, then you get 60 "units of spend".

If you multiply this 60 by the total amount that John spends for each "unit of spend" which is $5. Therefore the total he spends is $300.

Answer 2

Each time Marisa spends $3, John spends @$ more than her. S0 Marisa must spend $3 60 times for John to have spent $120 more than her.
Therefore John spent 60 times 5 = 300 dollars.

Answer 3

5 minus 3 equals X. 120 divided by X equals Y. 5 times Y equals how much John spent. 3 times Y equals how much Marisa spent.

Answer 4

300.....60*5- 60*3...............no equation required guess and check is easy...i did in about 4 seconds......

Answer 5

$300


Doug