document.write( "Question 1168227: a man leaves 60000$to his children and grandchildren, seven in all. the children receive 1/3 of it, which is 2000 more a piece than the grandchildren get. how much is the amount received by the grandchildren \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "a man leaves 60000$to his children and grandchildren, seven in all. the children receive 1/3 of it, which is 2000 more a piece than the grandchildren get. how much is the amount received by the grandchildren
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Let number of grandchildren be G
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document.write( "Then number of children = 7 - G
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document.write( "We then get the following equation: 
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document.write( "20,000G - 2,000G(7 - G) = 40,000(7 - G) ----- Multiplying by LCD, G(7 - G)
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document.write( "(G - 5)(G + 28) = 0
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document.write( "Number of grandchildren, or     OR G = - 28 (ignore) \n" );
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