A Captain, Quartermaster, First Mate in a pirate ship divide a loot of coins. The 1st gets 1,400 coins, the 2nd 700 more than the first and the 3rd 1/2 of the combined. How much coins do they have? How much does the captain gets?

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Shwetank Mauria
May 12, 2016

They have #5250# coins. Captain gets #1400# coins.

Explanation:

The question mentions that there are Captain, Quartermaster and First Mate in the pirate ship and loot of coins is divided between them.

It further mentions that 1st gets #1,400# coins. By this it apparently means Captain gets #1400# coins. This answers the second question that Captain gets #1400# coins.

The second gets #700# more coins than than the first and hence Quartermaster gets #1400+700=2100# coins.

The third i.e. First Mate gets #1/2# of the combined i.e. #1400+2100=3500#. Hence he gets #1/2xx3500=1750# coins.

Hence they have #1400+2100+1750=5250# coins in all.

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