How much did the widow receive?

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A man died, leaving $10,000,000 for his widow, 5 sons and 4 daughters. Each daughter received an equal amount, each son received twice as much as a daughter, and the widow received three times as much as a son.
How much did the widow receive?

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    Answer: 3,000,000$.  Lets mark the daughter share as X. Then a son share will be 2X and the widows share will be 3 * 2X= 6X.  Now we have 4 daughters, 5 sons and the widow so 4*x+ 5*(2x) + 6X = 10,000,000

    so 20x=10,000,000 >> x= 500,000 and the widow got 6x=3,000,000

    Moshe Expert Answered on 9th January 2023.
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    $3,000.

    anikam Expert Answered on 24th August 2015.
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