Question 990963: Mr.Stanford gave half of his fortune to his daughter, then the other half to his uncle, then the other half to a charity, then the remainder 30,0000 to a shelter . What was his total fortune ?
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source):
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Mr.Stanford gave half of his fortune to his daughter, then the other half to his uncle, then the other half to a charity, then the remainder 30,0000 to a shelter . What was his total fortune ?
Impossible!!  + another fraction that represents $30,000 adds up to way more than one whole.
Doesn't anyone check these things before posting them?
Answer by ikleyn(52788)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Mr.Stanford gave half of his fortune to his daughter, then the other half to his uncle, then the other half to a charity, then the remainder 30,0000 to a shelter . What was his total fortune ?
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Surely, the given formulation is incorrect.
In problems of that kind the correct formulation is as follows:
Mr.Stanford gave half of his fortune to his daughter, then the half of the remaining part to his uncle, then the half of the remaining part to a charity, then the remainder
300,000 to a shelter . What was his total fortune ?
Then the equation is
x -  -  -  = 300000.
The answer is: x = 8*300000 = 2,400,000.
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