40% of Julie's amount was $1443 less than Brandon's amount. When Julie spent 45% of her amount and Brandon spent 60% of his amount, they had the same amount of amount left. Find the amount that Brandon had at first.

	Julie	Brandon
Before	40 u	55 u
Change	- 18 u	- 33 u
After	22 u	22 u

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

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

55% = ⁵⁵₁₀₀ = ¹¹₂₀
40% = ⁴⁰₁₀₀ = ²₅

The amounts of amount that Julie and Brandon had left were the same. Make the numerators the same.

¹¹₂₀ of Julie's amount = ²₅ of Brandon's amount
²²₄₀ of Julie's amount = ²²₅₅ of Brandon's amount

Amount that Julie had = 40 u

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

Difference between Brandon's amount and 40% of Julie's amount
= 55 u - 16 u
= 39 u

39 u = 1443

1 u = 1443 ÷ 39 = 37

Amount that Brandon had at first
= 55 u
= 55 x 37
= $2035

Answer(s): $2035