Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The man has twelve sons. So we need an equation that has twelve numbers added to 12.3 million. The youngest son's share is what we want to find, so set it to x. Each son older will have 175 more than the one younger than him.
So the next to youngest will have x+175(1) and the next will have x+175(2) and so on to the twelfth one.
So....
x + x+175 + x+175(2) + x+175(3) + x+175(4) + x+175(5) + x+175(6) + x+175(7) + x+175(8) + x+175(9) + x+175(10) + x+175(11) = 12,300,000
Now simplify. Add all the x's and multiply all the numbers.
12x + 350+525+700+875+1050+1225+1400+1575+1750+1925+2100=12,300,000
Continue to simplify by adding.
12x+13,475=12,300,000 Now simplify by subtracting the non 'x' number from both sides
12x+13,475-13,475=12,300,000-13,475
12x=12,286,525 Now simplify by dividing both sides by 12.
x = 1,023,877.08
The youngest son will inherit 1,023,877.08.
There should be a unit:$, pounds, something.
