SOLUTION: Hi! I would like some help with this problem: According to a man's will, his estate valued at $650.500 was settled according to the following conditions:

SOLUTION: Hi! I would like some help with this problem: According to a man's will, his estate valued at $650.500 was settled according to the following conditions: - 3/10 of the state

Question 601730: Hi! I would like some help with this problem:
According to a man's will, his estate valued at $650.500 was settled according to the following conditions:
- 3/10 of the state went to his wife.
- each of his children recieved half as much as his wife.
- his brother recieved one sixth as much as his wife.
- the rest went to charity.
what dollar amount of his estate went to charity?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The wife gets 30%, the children each get 15%, and the brother gets 5%. You don't say how many children there are, but it must be more than one because you used the plural.

If 2 children:

If 3 children:

If 4 children:

The terms of the will cannot be fulfilled if 5 or more children so we must assume that there are 2, 3, or 4 children since you cannot have fractional parts of a child (despite what King Solomon was reported to have suggested).

Hence, the answer is either 35%, 20%, or 5% of the total amount of the estate. Do the arithmetic.

John

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