document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=601730>Question 601730</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi! I would like some help with this problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "According to a man's will, his estate valued at $650.500 was settled according to the following conditions: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- 3/10 of the state went to his wife.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- each of his children recieved half as much  as his wife.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- his brother recieved one sixth as much as his wife.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "- the rest went to charity.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what dollar amount  of his estate went to charity? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The wife gets 30%, the children each get 15%, and the brother gets 5%.  You don't say how many children there are, but it must be more than one because you used the plural.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 children:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 30%\ +\ 2(15%)\ +\ 5%\ =\ 65%\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 3 children:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 30%\ +\ 3(15%)\ +\ 5%\ =\ 80%\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 4 children:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 30%\ +\ 4(15%)\ +\ 5%\ =\ 95%\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The terms of the will cannot be fulfilled if 5 or more children so we must assume that there are 2, 3, or 4 children since you cannot have fractional parts of a child (despite what King Solomon was reported to have suggested).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the answer is either 35%, 20%, or 5% of the total amount of the estate.  Do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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