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" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #391356 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=lenny460><B>lenny460(1073)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=lenny460><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=lenny460><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=391356\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The husband gets = 3n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The son gets = n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3n + n) = $20,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3n + n = 4n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4n = $20,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each side by 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4n/n = $20,000/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = $5,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3n = $5,000 * 3 = $15,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The husband gets $15,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The son gets $5,000 </SPAN>\n" );
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