Uncle Reuben and aunt Cynthia came to town to shop.Reuben bought a suit and hat for $15.Cynthia paid as much as for her hat as Reuben did for his suit.Then she spent the rest of her money for her dress.On the way to home Cynthia called Reubens attention to the fact that his hat cost $1 more than her dress.Then uncle said if we had divided our hat money differently such that we bought a different hats mine costing 1 and ½ times cost of yours then we would have spent the equal amount of money.
(i)How much the hat would cost in that case?
(ii)What is the total amount spent?

• i) 6.4$
  ii) 29$
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