40% of Nora's amount was $1176 less than Ahmad's amount. When Nora spent 35% of her amount and Ahmad spent 60% of his amount, they had the same amount of amount left. Find the amount that Ahmad had at first.

	Nora	Ahmad
Before	40 u	65 u
Change	- 14 u	- 39 u
After	26 u	26 u

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

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

65% = ⁶⁵₁₀₀ = ¹³₂₀
40% = ⁴⁰₁₀₀ = ²₅

The amounts of amount that Nora and Ahmad had left were the same. Make the numerators the same.

¹³₂₀ of Nora's amount = ²₅ of Ahmad's amount
²⁶₄₀ of Nora's amount = ²⁶₆₅ of Ahmad's amount

Amount that Nora had = 40 u

40% of the amount that Nora had
= 40% x 40 u
= ⁴⁰₁₀₀ x 40 u
= 16 u

Difference between Ahmad's amount and 40% of Nora's amount
= 65 u - 16 u
= 49 u

49 u = 1176

1 u = 1176 ÷ 49 = 24

Amount that Ahmad had at first
= 65 u
= 65 x 24
= $1560

Answer(s): $1560