A father left all of his money to his 3 children. Child A received 1/6 of his father's money while Child B received 1/7. Child C, who received the remainder of the money , was given $23,490. How much did Child A receive?
1 Answer
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
First, we need to determine what "slice" of the money Child C received:
Let's call the "slice" Child C received:
100% is the same as 1 so we can write and solve this equation for
Child C received
Now, let's call the total amount of money the father left for the 3 children:
We can write this equation and solve for
We now know the total amount of money the father left to all the children was $34,020.
Child A received
Child A received $5,670