A person died leaving property worth Rs 4000.40. His widow got 0.125 of the property. His son got 0.4 of the remainder. What did
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Answer: The widow got Rs 500.05 and the son got Rs 1400.14
Step-by-step explanation:
Starting from Rs 4000.40, to obtain how much did the widow get we should just multiply the amount by 0.125:
Then, the son gets 0.4 of what is left, we must first substract the amount the wife got from the initial amount and then multiply it by 0.4:
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