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Old 13th September 2020, 13:21
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Puzzle

I have a puzzle book "Mindbending classic logic puzzles" I have run into a complication with the one on Page 8 which goes as follows:

A man died leaving nearly GBP 8000 to be divided between his widow, four daughters and three sons. He stipulated that each daughter should receive twice as much as their mother and each son receive twice as much as their mother. If the exact amount left was GBP 7936, how much should the widow receive?

So X [the widows's portion] + (4 x 2)X [the daughters'] + (3 x 2)X [the sons'] = 7936

X=7936/15

The widow gets GBP 529-06. But the answer is given as GBP 256.

After much head and paper scratching the question put should clearly (?) have been "....each daughter should receive twice as much as their brothers.."

I found it very difficult to work out the question from what should have been a very simple answer. I will have to lay off the Port.
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