SOLUTION: A man left half his property to his wife ,1/3 to his son and the remaining to his daughter .if the daughter share is 15000 pounds , how much did the man leave ? How much money di
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Question 890725: A man left half his property to his wife ,1/3 to his son and the remaining to his daughter .if the daughter share is 15000 pounds , how much did the man leave ? How much money did his wife get ? Find the share of his son?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
he left 1/2 to his wife.
he left 1/3 to his son.
1/2 + 1/3 = 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6.
the the daughter gets the remaining 1/6.
1/6 of the pot is equal to 15000 pounds.
that means the pot has to be equal to 6 * 15000 = 90000 pounds.
the wife gets 1/2 so the wife gets 45000 pounds.
the son gets 1/3 so the son gets 30000 pounds.
the daughter gets 15000 pounds.
add them up and they total 90000 pounds so the numbers look good.
algebraically, let x equal the pot.
you get 1/6 * x = 15000
multiply both sides of the equation by 6 and you get:
x = 6 * 15000
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