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Find the amount of money that represent each part of the tape diagram.
200 dollars
Consider that we have 150 dollars in a saving account and some cash. The given tape diagram represents the ratio of our amounts of money.
According to the diagram, two parts are equal to 150 dollars. Notice that if we divide 150 by 2 we will get 75, which means that each part of the tape diagram represents 75 dollars. Since there are five parts for cash, we can multiply 75 by 5 to find our initial amount of cash.
Distribute 2
Multiply
LHS+2x=RHS+2x
Add terms
LHS-150=RHS-150
Subtract term
.LHS /3.=.RHS /3.
Cancel out common factors
Simplify quotient
Calculate quotient
Therefore, we need to deposit 200 dollars into our saving account to obtain twice the amount of money as we have in cash.