Lee, Oliver and Cody shared a sum of money. The amount received by Oliver was ³₄ the amount of money received by Cody. After Lee had given $53 to Oliver and $25 to Cody, Oliver gave $2 to Cody. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that Lee and Oliver had at first.

	Lee	Oliver	Cody
Before	3 u + 129	3 u	4 u
Change 1	- 53	+ 53
Change 2	- 25		+ 25
Change 3		- 2	+ 2
After	3 u + 51	3 u + 51	4 u + 27

Amount that Oliver had in the end = 3 u + 51 

Amount that Cody had in the end = 4 u + 27

Amount that Lee had at first 
= 3 u + 51 + 53 + 25
= 3 u + 129

Amount that Oliver and Cody had in the end is the same.

3 u + 51 = 4 u + 27
4 u - 3 u = 51 - 27

1 u = 24

Amount that Lee and Oliver had in the end is the same.

Amount that Lee had in the end
= 3 u + 51
= 3 x 24 + 51
= 72 + 51
= $123

Amount that Lee had at first
= 123 + 53 + 25
= $201

Difference in the amounts between Lee and Oliver at first
= 201 - 72
= $129

Answer(s): $129