document.write( "Question 1198175: A man made a will in which he left 4/9 of his money to his wife and 2/5 of the remainder to his eldest child. The rest was to be shared equally among his four younger children. If each of the younger children received N108 000, what was his wife's share? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( " man made a will in which he left 4/9 of his money to his wife and 2/5 of the remainder to his eldest child. The rest was to be shared equally among his four younger children. If each of the younger children received N108 000, what was his wife's share?
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With  going to his wife,  remains\r\n" );
document.write( "With  of the REMAINDER going to the eldest child,  remains\r\n" );
document.write( "With  to be shared equally among his 4 younger children, . \r\n" );
document.write( "Each of the 4 younger children received  of the money.\r\n" );
document.write( "With W being the wife's share, we now get the following proportion: \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                         3W = 16(108,000) ------ Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( " Wife's share, or

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