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The ratio of Jim’s money to jacks money is 5:7 and jack had 360 more than Jim how much did both of them have?
  1. Let's denote Jim's money as \(5x\) and Jack's money as \(7x\), where \(x\) is a common multiplier for the ratio.
  2. Jim's money is \(5x\) and Jack's money is \(7x\).
  3. According to the problem, Jack had 360 more than Jim. This can be represented as \(7x = 5x + 360\). Solve this equation for \(x\).
  4. \(x = 180\).
  5. Now that we have the value of \(x\), substitute it back into the expressions for Jim's and Jack's money to find out how much each of them had.
  6. Jim had \(5x = 5*180 = 900\) and Jack had \(7x = 7*180 = 1260\).
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