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Old 13th September 2020, 19:04
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I think that I may have found the original question, using Dollars.
It therefore lost something in translation, maybe.

A man died leaving all of his money to be divided among his widow, four daughters, and three sons. He stipulated that each daughter should receive three times as much as each son, and each son should receive twice as much as their mother. If the amount left was $7936, how much did the widow receive?

Best method of solving seems to be algebra...
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