document.write( "Question 389572: 10. A man left half of a sum to his wife, one third of it to his son and the remainder to be divided equally between his twin daughters. If each of his daughters received $85000, how much was the original sum of money. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "I. Assigning the variable       
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document.write( "Let x/2, x/3 and x/6 represent the wife, son and twins amounts. (x being the man's money)
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document.write( "II.Writing as we Read***
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document.write( " x/6 = $170,000
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document.write( "III.Solving for x by multiplying both sides of equation by 6 in this case
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document.write( "      x = $1,020,000, the original amount of money the man left to his family 
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document.write( "IV. CHECKING Our Answer***
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document.write( "  $510,000 + $340,000 + $170,000 = $1,020,000 \n" );
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