A farmer had a square plot of land. He gave 1/4th of it to his wife and asked four sons to share equally the remaining.Find the share of his sons.

Asked by omsingh | 1st Jun, 2015, 04:45: PM

Expert Answer:

$begin mathsize 18px style 1 fourth space o f space t o t a l space p l o t space i s space g i v e n space t o space w i f e. T h u s comma space r e m a i n i n g space p a r t space o f space t h e space p l o t equals 1 minus 1 fourth equals fraction numerator 4 minus 1 over denominator 4 end fraction equals 3 over 4 T h i s space 3 over 4 space p a r t space o f space t h e space p l o t space i s space t o space d i v i d e d space a m o n g space 4 space s o n s space e q u a l l y. H e n c e comma space e a c h space s o n space w i l l space g e t space p a r t equals R e m a i n g space p a r t divided by 4 equals fraction numerator begin display style 3 over 4 end style over denominator 4 end fraction equals 3 over 16 T h u s comma space e a c h space s o n space w i l l space g e t space 3 over 16 space p a r t space o f space t h e space p l o t. end style$

Answered by Rashmi Khot | 2nd Jun, 2015, 10:25: AM

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