50% of Marion's amount was $4400 less than Perry's amount. When Marion spent 35% of her amount and Perry spent 70% of his amount, they had the same amount of amount left. Find the amount that Perry had at first.

	Marion	Perry
Before	60 u	130 u
Change	- 21 u	- 91 u
After	39 u	39 u

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

Percentage of Perry's amount left
= 100% - 70%
= 30%

65% = ⁶⁵₁₀₀ = ¹³₂₀
30% = ³⁰₁₀₀ = ³₁₀

The amounts of amount that Marion and Perry had left were the same. Make the numerators the same.

¹³₂₀ of Marion's amount = ³₁₀ of Perry's amount
³⁹₆₀ of Marion's amount = ³⁹₁₃₀ of Perry's amount

Amount that Marion had = 60 u

50% of the amount that Marion had
= 50% x 60 u
= ⁵⁰₁₀₀ x 60 u
= 30 u

Difference between Perry's amount and 50% of Marion's amount
= 130 u - 30 u
= 100 u

100 u = 4400

1 u = 4400 ÷ 100 = 44

Amount that Perry had at first
= 130 u
= 130 x 44
= $5720

Answer(s): $5720