7.--THE WIDOW'S LEGACY.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

A gentleman who recently died left the sum of £8,000 to be divided among his widow, five sons, and four daughters. He directed that every son should receive three times as much as a daughter, and that every daughter should have twice as much as their mother. What was the widow's share?

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