Question

Pierre Hugo is handling the estate of a prominent businesswoman. The will states that the surviving spouse is to receive one half of the estate and the remaining one half

of the estate will be divided equally among four surviving children. What fraction of the estate does each child​ receive?

Answer 1

receive 0.125 (or 12.5%) of the estate.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Each child will receive 0.125 (or 12.5%) of the estate.

Explanation:

If the surviving spouse gets one half of the estate, the other half have to be divided among the four surviving children.

So its 0,5 divided among the 4 surviving children. That is 0.125 or 12.5% of the estate.

Each child will receive 0.125 of the estate.