Question

Jack divided his fortune of 92,000 into 8 equal portions.He gave 4 portions to his wife , 1 portion to his son and divided the remaining portions equally among 5 charities. How much more money did his son get than each charity?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Given that Jack divided his fortune of 92,000 into 8 equal portions.He gave 4 portions to his wife , 1 portion to his son and divided the remaining portions equally among 5 charities.

The portion son gets =
`1/8 of 92000 = 11500 $`

Charity on the whole gets = 3 portions =
`3/8 *92000 = 34500$`

Each charity gets =
`34500/5 = 6900$`

Thus we find son gets 11500 dollars while each charity gets 6900 dollars.

The difference =
`11500-6900\\= 4600`

4600 dollars he got more.