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by AngelaH887
Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:46 am
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Math
Topic: Five Heirs: A one-million dollar inheritance...
Replies: 13
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Re: Five Heirs: A one-million dollar inheritance...

Can someone explain to me why my logic is wrong(assuming its wrong since it wasnt marked as correct) lets assume one of the beneficiaries gets max:300,000. 700000 is left over to split among 4. We know three of the beneficiaries each get .8 the amount of one of the beneficiaries. so 700000 = X + 3(....
by AngelaH887
Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:45 pm
 
Forum: Manhattan Prep GMAT CAT Math
Topic: Five Heirs: A one-million dollar inheritance...
Replies: 13
Views: 3141
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Re: Five Heirs: A one-million dollar inheritance...

Hrmm, then I still don't understand. I did not forget I was doing a DS question. The questions asked: "If no beneficiary received more than 30% of the inheritance, what was the greatest amount received by any one of the beneficiaries?" The greatest amount is 300,000. No other value, just t...