text: two friends have some twenty-dollar bills in their pockets and each has less than five hundred dollars.? if the first person wins the contest of 200 dollars they tell you that they will then have the same amount at their friend.  how much does each of them have. if the contest is a bet between the two friends, then the first person has $400 less than the second person. one answer: $80 and $480 if the first person wins the bet, both people will have $280.  other answers: $60 and $460 $40 and $440 $20 and $420