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What was the worth of the total property?

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Ashok, on his death bed, keeps half his property for his wife and divides the rest equally among his three sons : Ved, Chetan and Dev.
Some years later, Ved dies leaving half his property to his widow and half to his brothers Chetan and Dev together, sharing equally.
When Chetan makes his will, he keeps half his property for his widow and the rest he bequeaths to his younger brother Dev.
When Dev dies some years later, he keeps half his property for his widow and the remaining for his mother.
The mother now has Rs. 1827000.
What was the worth of the total property?

posted Sep 11, 2020 by Upma

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Total value is 2784000.00

answer Sep 12, 2020 by Thillairajan



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