Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/2 - A Legacy Puzzle
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $2$
- A Legacy Puzzle
- A man left legacies to his three sons and to a hospital, amounting in all to $\pounds 1,320$.
- If he had left the hospital legacy also to his first son, that son would have received as much as the other two sons together.
- If he had left it to his second son, that son would have received twice as much as the other two sons together.
- If he had left the hospital legacy to his third son, he would have received then thrice as much as the first son and second son together.
- Find the amount of each legacy.
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $2$. -- A Legacy Puzzle
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $13$. A Legacy Puzzle