SOLUTION: divide rs91000 among three brothers in such a way that the eldest gets twice as much as the youngest and 3/2times as much as the middle brother find the share of the eldest brother
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Question 798032: divide rs91000 among three brothers in such a way that the eldest gets twice as much as the youngest and 3/2times as much as the middle brother find the share of the eldest brother
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Focus on the fractions. You are dividing whole 1 quantity of the "rs".
x for youngest
y for middle aged
z for eldest
and ;
Three equations in three unknown variables. Solve any way you want.
A method can be: Use the first equation for z and substitute into the other two equations.
and ;
and ;
and .
Take this formula for y and substitute into the other equation;
solve for x,
Going back to the original first two equations, you would use x to find z, and use z to find y.
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