Problema Solution

a man left an amount of Php525,000 to be divided among his widow,two sons and one daughter.each son was to receive twice the amount the daughter would receive, and the widow was to have eight times the amount each son would receive.how much was the widow's share?

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a man left an amount of Php525,000 .

suppose daughter receives = x  amount

each son was to receive twice the amount the daughter would receive,

therefore each son would receive 2x Php

widow was to have eight times the amount each son would receive

therefore widow would receive 8 *(2x) amount of Php

we have

x +2x +2x + 16x = 525000

21x = 525000

x = 25000

share of widow is = 16 * x = 16 *25000 = 400,000