SOLUTION: A woman's $20,000 estate is to be divided so that her husband is to receive three times as much as her son. find the amount that her husband and her son will receive. Complete the

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Question 622468: A woman's $20,000 estate is to be divided so that her husband is to receive three times as much as her son. find the amount that her husband and her son will receive. Complete the first two steps by filling in the blanks.
Remember, each time we do this we want a SINGLE variable, one time it is an S and the other time it is an h
S + 3S = $20,000
S + 3S = 4s 4s= $20,000 4/4 s= 20,000/4 s = 5,000
S= the son’s amount
3S=the husband’s amount

Now that, I know what the son's amount is, how do we write the equation to show how to get the husbands amount. And only using the variable H. Thank you in advance.
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The first time we had , so this time write

Then



Solving Hint: Step 1, multiply both sides by 3.

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