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Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by Kessyy2k4(m): 11:38am On Oct 26, 2015
i have trying to solve this problems but no avail!


(1). A man made a will in which he left 4/9 of his money to his wife and 2/5 of the remainder to his eldest child. The rest was to be shared equally among his four younger children received 108,000. What was his wife's share?

(2). In an election there were three candidate. 3/7 of the electors voted for the winner. The runner-up received 5/8 of the remaining votes.
a). what fraction of the electors voted for the 3rd candidate?
b). if the winner received 3021 votes more than the runner-up, how many electors voted?.

source: New General mathematics SS1
Topic: fraction.



thanks
Re: Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by kenzo25(m): 12:17pm On Oct 26, 2015
1: the wife share is 576,000
Re: Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by Kbdon(m): 1:32pm On Oct 26, 2015
the fraction of the 3rd place is 3/14
Re: Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by Kbdon(m): 1:35pm On Oct 26, 2015
42,294 is the total number of voters
Re: Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by Kessyy2k4(m): 3:39pm On Oct 26, 2015
kenzo25:
1: the wife share is 576,000
that's brilliant of you!

buh....u neva explain how u arrived at d answercheesy
Re: Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by Kessyy2k4(m): 3:43pm On Oct 26, 2015
Kbdon:
the fraction of the 3rd place is 3/14
excellent! you got it , buh u av to explain now!!!

i really appeciate u guyzzzzz! thks
Re: Pls Maths Gurus In The House, Help by Kessyy2k4(m): 3:43pm On Oct 26, 2015
Kbdon:
42,294 is the total number of voters
kudosss!!!

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