Splitting 100 dollars between two siblings
Question
Jack and Jill share a $100 inheritance. If you subtract one-third of Jack's portion from one-quarter of Jill's portion, the result is $11. How much does Jack inherit?
Short answer
$24. With Jack's share , Jill gets and . Multiplying by : , so and .
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