document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=577>Question 577</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> After Mr. Stingy died, his lawyer read the will to his family.  He left half of his estate to his wife, and $50,000 to his son.  The remaining fortune was to be split in this way: half of what remained went to his caddy, half of what remained after that was set aside for the care of his pet iguana, and the remaining $8,000 went to his favorite charity. What was the value of Mr. Stingy's estate?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "His favorite charity got $8,000.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With the assumption that the charity and the iguana received the same amount of money, they the iguana also received $8,000.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The caddy received the sum of the charity and the iguana, so the caddy received $16,000.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The $50,000 for the son and the money for the caddy, iguana, and charity add up to half of the estate, so that comes out to $82,000. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that the wife received $82,000 and the total estate was twice that, so the total value of Mr. Stingy's estate was $164,000. </SPAN>\n" );
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