SOLUTION: Share 150 among John, Mary and Sarah so that each of the two girls receives twice as much as John. Calculate the amount of money John received

Question 1197075: Share 150 among John, Mary and Sarah so that each of the two girls receives twice as much as John.
Calculate the amount of money John received
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let amount John receive be

then Mary receive and Sarah receive
all together share , so we have

then
so,
John receive => answer
Mary receive
Sarah receive

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