SOLUTION: A grandmother left her estate to four grandchildren. She left 1/2 to Jill, 1/3 to Jack, 1/6 to Hannah, and the remainder was left to John. What fraction of the estate did John rece

Question 1137175: A grandmother left her estate to four grandchildren. She left 1/2 to Jill, 1/3 to Jack, 1/6 to Hannah, and the remainder was left to John. What fraction of the estate did John receive?
Answer by ikleyn(52809) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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John received 0 (zero, ZERO), since


 +  +  =  =  = 1.



NOTHING remained for poor Johnny, alas / unfortunately.

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