Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/5 - Dividing the Legacy
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $5$
- Dividing the Legacy
- A man left $\pounds 100$ to be divided between his two sons Alfred and Benjamin.
- If one-third of Alfred's legacy be taken from one-fourth of Benjamin's, the remainder would be $\pounds 11$.
- What was 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: $5$. -- Dividing the Legacy
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $15$. Dividing the Legacy