70% of Xylia's amount was $294 more than Jeremy's amount. When Xylia spent 65% of her amount and Jeremy spent 20% of his amount, they had the same amount of amount left. Find the amount that Jeremy had at first.

	70% of Xylia's amount	Xylia's amount	Jeremy's amount
Before	56 u	80 u	35 u
Change		- 52 u (- 65%)	- 7 u (- 20%)
After		28 u	28 u

Percentage of Xylia's amount left
= 100% - 65%
= 35%

Percentage of Jeremy's amount left
= 100% - 20%
= 80%

35% = ³⁵₁₀₀ = ⁷₂₀
80% = ⁸⁰₁₀₀ = ⁴₅

The amounts of amount that Xylia and Jeremy had left were the same.
Make the numerators the same.

⁷₂₀ of Xylia's amount = ⁴₅ of Jeremy's amount
²⁸₈₀ of Xylia's amount = ²⁸₃₅ of Jeremy's amount

Amount that Xylia had = 80 u

70% of the amount that Xylia had
= 80 u x 70%
= 80 u x ⁷⁰₁₀₀
= 56 u

Difference between 70% of Xylia's amount and Jeremy's amount
= 56 u - 35 u 
= 21 u

21 u = 294
1 u = 294 ÷ 21 = 14

Amount that Jeremy had at first
= 35 u
= 35 x 14
= $490

Answer(s): $490