John, Julian and Neave shared a sum of money. The amount received by Julian was ⁴₅ the amount of money received by Neave. After John had given $53 to Julian and $25 to Neave, Julian gave $3 to Neave. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that John and Julian had at first.

	John	Julian	Neave
Before	4 u + 128	4 u	5 u
Change 1	- 53	+ 53
Change 2	- 25		+ 25
Change 3		- 3	+ 3
After	4 u + 50	4 u + 50	5 u + 28

Amount that Julian had in the end = 4 u + 50 

Amount that Neave had in the end = 5 u + 28

Amount that John had at first 
= 4 u + 50 + 53 + 25
= 4 u + 128

Amount that Julian and Neave had in the end is the same.

4 u + 50 = 5 u + 28
5 u - 4 u = 50 - 28

1 u = 22

Amount that John and Julian had in the end is the same.

Amount that John had in the end
= 4 u + 50
= 4 x 22 + 50
= 88 + 50
= $138

Amount that John had at first
= 138 + 53 + 25
= $216

Difference in the amounts between John and Julian at first
= 216 - 88
= $128

Answer(s): $128