SOLUTION: A mother wants to give land to her three children. She gives one-half of the land to the oldest child, one-third of the land to her second child and one-ninth of the land to her yo
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Question 625693: A mother wants to give land to her three children. She gives one-half of the land to the oldest child, one-third of the land to her second child and one-ninth of the land to her youngest child. She keeps 1 acre for herself. How many acres of land does each child get? Answer by reynard2007(52) (Show Source):
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The first step is to get how much of her land she gave to her children. Get the sum of , and . The result would be . So, of the land is left to the mother, which is 1 acre. We can then say that the mother has a total of 18 acres of land. So the children get 9, 6 and 2 acres of land respectively.
