Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
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Chapter P - Section P.8 - Modeling with Equations - Exercise Set - Page 125: 69

Answer

Daughter 2000, mother 4000, son 8000 dollars.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Assume the girl got $x$ dollars; then her mother would get $2x$ and the boy would get $4x$ dollars. Step 2. The total was $14000$; we have $x+2x+4x=14000$, which gives $x=2000$ dollars. Step 3. Thus, the daughter got 2000 dollars, the mother got 4000 dollars, and the son got 8000 dollars.
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