30% of Jean's amount was $1849 less than Glen's amount. When Jean spent 45% of her amount and Glen spent 60% of his amount, they had the same amount of amount left. Find the amount that Glen had at first.

	Jean	Glen
Before	40 u	55 u
Change	- 18 u	- 33 u
After	22 u	22 u

Percentage of Jean's amount left
= 100% - 45%
= 55%

Percentage of Glen's amount left
= 100% - 60%
= 40%

55% = ⁵⁵₁₀₀ = ¹¹₂₀
40% = ⁴⁰₁₀₀ = ²₅

The amounts of amount that Jean and Glen had left were the same. Make the numerators the same.

¹¹₂₀ of Jean's amount = ²₅ of Glen's amount
²²₄₀ of Jean's amount = ²²₅₅ of Glen's amount

Amount that Jean had = 40 u

30% of the amount that Jean had
= 30% x 40 u
= ³⁰₁₀₀ x 40 u
= 12 u

Difference between Glen's amount and 30% of Jean's amount
= 55 u - 12 u
= 43 u

43 u = 1849

1 u = 1849 ÷ 43 = 43

Amount that Glen had at first
= 55 u
= 55 x 43
= $2365

Answer(s): $2365