Please help me solve this challanging question 9 (step by step sulotion) 50 points!

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let L and T represent the initial amounts that Leo and Theo had. Let n represent the number of bills exchanged in the first exchange. Then we have ...

  L -20n +50n = T -50n +20n . . . . after the first exchange, each has the same

After the second exchange, amounts trade places:

  (L +30n) +6(50) = T

Substituting this into the first equation, we get ...

  L +30n = ((L +30n) +300) -30n

  30n = 300

  n = 10

Leo gave Theo ten $20 bills.

Comment on the amounts

Theo started with $600 more than Leo, including exactly 16 $50 bills. Leo had at least 10 $20 bills, so he could make the initial exchange. Whatever initial amount Leo had in excess of that $200 was matched in Theo's initial amount, but Theo must have had that excess in $20 bills only. For example, Leo may have started with $300 as 10×$20 +2×$50, but Theo's initial $900 would need to be 5×$20 +16×$50.

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