document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=54673>Question 54673</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A $975,240 estate is to be divided among 5 friends, 4 charities and a university.  Each friend should receive 3 times as much as all the charities combined, and that each charity should receive twice as much as the university.  How much did each receive? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #36902 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=psbhowmick><B>psbhowmick(878)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=psbhowmick><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=psbhowmick><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=36902\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let us suppose that the University got = $x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore each charity got = $2x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "All charities got = $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = $8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore each friend got = $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A8x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A8x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "All friends got = $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2A24x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2A24x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > =$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total amount = what university got + all charities got + all friends got<BR>\n" );
document.write( "975240 = x + 8x + 120x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 975240 = 129x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or x = 7560\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So university got $7,560, each charity got $15,120 and each friend got $181,440. </SPAN>\n" );
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