SOLUTION: A man divides his money among his 4 children. Joe gets half the money, Julie gets one-fourth the money, Adam gets one-fifth the money, and steven gets $700. How much money did the

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Question 995209: A man divides his money among his 4 children. Joe gets half the money, Julie gets one-fourth the money, Adam gets one-fifth the money, and steven gets $700. How much money did the children get and how much did the man have?
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A man divides his money among his 4 children. Joe gets half the money, Julie gets one-fourth the money, Adam gets one-fifth the money, and Steven gets the remaining $700. How much money did the children get and how much did the man have?
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x - x%2F2 - x%2F4 - x%2F5 = 700.

Multiply both sides by LCD = 20.

20x - 10x - 5x - 4x = 700*20

x = 14000.

x%2F2 = 7000,

x%2F4 = 3500,

x%2F5 = 2800.