SOLUTION: A mother wants to give land to her three children. She gives 1/2 of the land to the oldest child, 1/3 to the second child and 1/9 of the land to the youngest child. She keeps one a
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: A mother wants to give land to her three children. She gives 1/2 of the land to the oldest child, 1/3 to the second child and 1/9 of the land to the youngest child. She keeps one acre for herself. How many acres of land does each child get?
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call x the amount of land
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(1/2)x+(1/3)x+(1/9)x+1=x
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(9/18)x+(6/18)x+(2/18)x+1=x
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(17/18)x+1=x
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(1/18)x=1
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acres
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