Question 1198175
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(1) The wife gets 4/9 of the money; 5/9 of it is left.<br>
(2) The eldest child gets 2/5 of the money that is left; that is (2/5) of (5/9) of the whole amount: (2/5)(5/9)=2/9.  Now the fraction of the whole amount left is 5/9-2/9 = 3/9 = 1/3.<br>
(3) Each of the other four children gets 1/4 of what is left.  (1/4) of (1/3) of the whole amount is 1/12 of the whole amount.<br>
It is given that each of those younger children got N108,000, so the whole amount was 12*N108,000 = N1,296,000.<br>
The wife's share was 4/9 of the total: (4/9)(N1,296,000) = N576,000.<br>
ANSWER: N576,000<br>