hey i need a linear equation a man left one third of his wealth to son and one fourth to daughter and 20000 to wife . How much money did the ma left ...
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hey i need a linear equation a man left one third of his wealth to son and one fourth to daughter and 20000 to wife . How much money did the ma left ...
help needed fast exam tommorow

phi · Answer

How much money did the man leave?

First step:  give a name to the thing you want to solve for .

what name do you want to use ?

anonymous · Answer

pthe question is this much only

phi · Answer

what do we need to solve for ?

anonymous · Answer

linear question find the money he left

phi · Answer

so you want to solve for "money he left"

pick a name for the variable that will stand for "money he left"

anonymous · Answer

yeah it will be x acc to book

phi · Answer

you can pick whatever, as long as you define it.

x = amount of money man left

next,  translate this
"a man left one third of his wealth to his son"

how much of x did he leave his son ?

anonymous · Answer

one fourth to son onr third to daughter and 20000 to wife now money left

phi · Answer

You seemed to have changed the problem... ⅓ to the son
in other words  ⅓ x  or x/3  left to the son
similarly, x/4 left to the daughter
20000 left to the wife

do you agree that what he left to everybody should add up to what he started with?  it should add up to x