document.write( "Question 1059558: A person has a wife, 2 sons and 1 daughter.he owns Rs 10 lakh. he gifts 1/10 share to his wife and remaning amount to his children . the share of every son is double then of daughter . find share of each person? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #674601 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! i believe rs 10 lakh is equal to 1,000,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "the wife gets 1/10 of that, so the wife gets 100,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "there are 900,000 rupees left. \n" ); document.write( "this is divided among the 2 sons and 1 daughter. \n" ); document.write( "each son gets 2 times the amount the daughter gets. \n" ); document.write( "let s = the share each son gets and let d = the share the daughter gets. \n" ); document.write( "2s + d = 900,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "since s = 2d, this formula becomes 4d + d = 900,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "this becomes 5d = 900,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by 5 to get d = 180,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "each son gets double this, so each son gets 360,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "wife gets 100,000 rupees \n" ); document.write( "daughter gets 180,000 rupees \n" ); document.write( "two sons get 360,000 rupees each for a total of 720,000 rupees. \n" ); document.write( "total rupees dispersed equals 1,000,000.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |