document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=622407>Question 622407</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A womans $20,000 estate is to be divided so that her husband is to receive three times as much as her son. find the amount that her husband and her son will receive.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 1. Let 'S' represent the amount the son is to receive ___H___ represents the amount the husband would receive.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 2. ______ + _________ = $20,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Repeat again, this time starting with the husband.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure where to even begin, can you help? Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Presuming that no one else besides the husband and the son gets any of the $20K total amount, the amount that the son gets plus the amount that the husband gets must equal the total amount.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S\ +\ H\ =\ 20,000\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, step 3 is going to be to realize that you have another relationship given to you that involves these two amounts, namely that the husband gets 3 times as much as the son, so you can say that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ H\ =\ 3S\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4 is going to be using the Substitution Property of Equality that says if I have two things that are equal, either can be substituted in place of the other any time I like.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, instead of writing:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S\ +\ H\ =\ 20,000\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S\ +\ 3S\ =\ 20,000\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is a linear equation in one variable that can be solved by ordinary means.\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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