Zane, Zeph and George shared a sum of money. The amount received by Zeph was ⁴₅ the amount of money received by George. After Zane had given $49 to Zeph and $23 to George, Zeph gave $6 to George. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that Zane and Zeph had at first.

	Zane	Zeph	George
Before	4 u + 115	4 u	5 u
Change 1	- 49	+ 49
Change 2	- 23		+ 23
Change 3		- 6	+ 6
After	4 u + 43	4 u + 43	5 u + 29

Amount that Zeph had in the end = 4 u + 43 

Amount that George had in the end = 5 u + 29

Amount that Zane had at first 
= 4 u + 43 + 49 + 23
= 4 u + 115

Amount that Zeph and George had in the end is the same.

4 u + 43 = 5 u + 29
5 u - 4 u = 43 - 29

1 u = 14

Amount that Zane and Zeph had in the end is the same.

Amount that Zane had in the end
= 4 u + 43
= 4 x 14 + 43
= 56 + 43
= $99

Amount that Zane had at first
= 99 + 49 + 23
= $171

Difference in the amounts between Zane and Zeph at first
= 171 - 56
= $115

Answer(s): $115