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    An estate valued at $62000 is left by a will as follows: to each of two grandchildren a certain sum, to the son twice as much as the two grandchildren together, and to the widow $2000 more than to the son and grandchildren together. How much goes to each?

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    Solution Summary

    This uses division of an estate to show how to determine how much money goes to each person if: to each of two grandchildren a certain sum, to the son twice as much as the two grandchildren together, and to the widow $2000 more than to the son and grandchildren together.

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