document.write( "Question 1065013: An inheritance of 600000 is to be divided among Scott, Alice and Tricia in the following manner: Alice is to receive 2/3 of what Scott gets. while Tricia gets 1/3 of what Scott gets. How much does each receive? \n" ); document.write( "
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Adding together what Alice and Tricia get,
\n" ); document.write( "it is \"2%2F3%2B1%2F3=1\" times what Scott gets,
\n" ); document.write( "so Scott gets half of the inheritance: \"600000%2F2=300000\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "Tricia gets \"1%2F3\" of that, or \"300000%2F3=100000\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "and Alice gets the remaining \"600000-300000-100000=200000\" .
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\n" ); document.write( "USING A VARIABLE (to make it look like algebra class):
\n" ); document.write( "\"x\"= amount that Scott gets,
\n" ); document.write( "so
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282%2F3%29x\"= amount that Alice gets, and
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F3%29x\"= amount that Tricia gets.
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B%282%2F3%29x%2B%281%2F3%29x=600000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2B%282%2F3%29%2B%281%2F3%29%29x=600000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%283%2F3%2B2%2F3%2B1%2F3%29x=600000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%286%2F3%29x=600000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2x=600000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=600000%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=300000%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282%2F3%29x=%282%2F3%29300000%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28%282%2F3%29x=200000%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F3%29x=%281%2F3%29300000%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28%281%2F3%29x=100000%29\"
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