SOLUTION: A womans $15000.00 estate is to be divided so that her husband receives twice as much as her son. Find the amount of money that her husband receives and the amount of money that
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Question 408056: A womans $15000.00 estate is to be divided so that her husband receives twice as much as her son. Find the amount of money that her husband receives and the amount of money that her son receives
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We can set this up as x will represent the son and 2x will be the husband.
x+2x=15,000
Combine like terms and divide by 3 to get:
x=$5,000 for the son and
$10,000 for the husband.
Make sense?
RJ
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