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An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers ................How was this possible?

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An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers and two sons and each was to receive $11,111. How was this possible?

posted Nov 5, 2015 by Maninder Bath

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Ans is
son,Father and grandfather

solution:
Son=x
Father=y
Grandfather=Z

so,
X=Son
Y=son of Z
so x and Y are two sons...............(i)

Y=father of X
Z=father of Y
so Y and Z are two fathers.........(ii)

ans
Total amount $33,333 is to be equally divided in X,Y and Z ie $11,111...{into two fathers and two sons from (ii)&(i)}

answer Nov 5, 2015 by Jaikumar Bhatia
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There were two men the first man was the father of the second so he ended up with 2/3 of the money

answer Mar 30, 2016 by Carrie England
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Grand father,Father,Grand son.Only three.

answer Mar 20, 2017 by Subhash Gupta
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Two Fathers & Two sons means GRANDFATHER, FATHER & SON.
Lets take Grandfather as G and Father as F and Son as S.
G = Father of F
F = Father of S
So two fathers G & F => Grandfather & Father are fathers.
F = Son of G
S = Son of F
So two sons F & S => Father & Son are sons.
Therefore old lady can divide and give $33,333 equally to 3 of them(Grandfather, Father & Son) as $11,111 each.

answer Mar 21, 2017 by Vigneshvari



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