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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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?

anonymous · Answer

Is that all the information thats given? i mean thats kinda vague isnt it?
the 36,000 could represent 1% of the total or 74%

anonymous · Answer

choices are 45,000, 72,000,  80,000,  90,000,  not enough information

anonymous · Answer

take the first extreme if it was 75% of the total then 36,000 plus app 36,000/0.75  which gives 84000. if the 36,000 represented 70%  then it would be 36,000 + 36,000/0.70=  app 87000. so basically u can choose between 90000 or not enough info
i would go with not enough info

anonymous · Answer

Hopw that helps mate =)

anonymous · Answer

Thanks