# Thread: Urgent help needed Please

1. ## Urgent help needed Please

Please Help,

How do i work this out ?

Uncle Scrooge has asked for a strange bequest in his will. Huey is to receive 3 times as much as Duey, while Louie is to receive twice as much as Duey MINUS 1 Dollar. If the total amount to be divided between them if 107 Million Dollars, calculate how much each has to inherit.

Please reply ASAP.

Thanks

2. Originally Posted by chhoeuk
Please Help,

How do i work this out ?

Uncle Scrooge has asked for a strange bequest in his will. Huey is to receive 3 times as much as Duey, while Louie is to receive twice as much as Duey MINUS 1 Dollar. If the total amount to be divided between them if 107 Million Dollars, calculate how much each has to inherit.

Please reply ASAP.

Thanks
Let H, L and D denote how much each of the gets. Then the question specifies:

H = 3D
L = 2D - 1
H + L + D = 107000000

which you should be abl to solve.

RonL

3. Hello, chhoeuk!

Another approach . . .

Uncle Scrooge has asked for a strange bequest in his will.
Huey is to receive 3 times as much as Dewey,
while Louie is to receive twice as much as Dewey minus 1 dollar.
If the total amount to be divided between them if 107 Million Dollars,
calculate how much each has to inherit.

Let $x$ = amount Dewey will get.

"Huey gets 3 times as much as Dewey."
. . Then Huey gets: $3x$

"Louie gets twice as much as Dewey minus 1 dollar.
. . Then Louie gets: $2x - 1$

The total of these amount is \$107,000,000.

There is our equation! . . . . $x + 3x + 2x - 1 \:=\:107,000,000$

Go for it!