SOLUTION: an estate valued at $510,000 is to be distributed among the wife, 2 kids, and 3 grandchildren. the childeren will each recieve 2 times as much as each grandchild, and the wife will

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Question 443250: an estate valued at $510,000 is to be distributed among the wife, 2 kids, and 3 grandchildren. the childeren will each recieve 2 times as much as each grandchild, and the wife will receive five times as much as each child. How much will each person receive?
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Let each grandchild equal x.
The children each get 2x, and the wife gets 5(2)x, or 10x:
3x+2(2)x+10x=510000
17x=510000
x=30000.
Each grandchild gets $30000, the children get $60000, and the wife gets $300000..