In his will, Mr. Adams left 25% of his estate to his wife and unevenly divided the balance between his son and his daughter. If the son received $36,000 as his share, what was the total value of the estate?

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anonymous · Answer

son got half of 75% which is 37.5% so the question is 
36000 is 37.5% of what number, 
translated in to math this means 
$$.375x=36000$$
$$x=36000\div .375$$

anonymous · Answer

The problem says "unevenly" divided. Makes no sense. You are assuming "evenly" divided", which makes sense.

anonymous · Answer

oooooh it says UNEVENLY so we don't know!!

anonymous · Answer

If "unevenly" is right, then the answer is "insufficient information". :)