Question 98273: a wealthy mathematician left her $6,000,000 estate to her three children. The eldest received 1/3rd of the estate. The youngest received 1/4th of the remainder of the estate. The middle child recived what was left. How much did each child receive?
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, edjones:
Answer by checkley71(8403)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6,000,000*1/3=2,000,000 left to the eldest.
6,000,000-2,000,000=4,000,000*1/4=1,000,000 left to the youngest.
that leaves 6,000,000-2,000,000-1,000,000=3,000,000 for the middle child.
Answer by edjones(8007)  (Show Source):
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