John went to play a coin game. On the first day, he tripled his money then lost P12. Onthe second day, he was able to double it but then lost P40. On the third day, hequadrupled it and got a total amount of P224. How much did he start with the first day

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John went to play a coin game. On the first day, he tripled his money then lost P12. On the second day, he was able to double it but then lost P40. On the third day, he quadrunled it and got a total amount of P224. How much did he start with the first day