Karen, james, frank, and dan were left an inheritance by their late grandfather. if karen receives one-eighth of the inheritance, james receives one quarter of the inheritance, frank receives three-eighths of the inheritance, and dan receives the remainder, what fraction of the inheritance does dan receive?

Count what fraction receive Karen, James and Frank in total:

since

Karen receives - ,

James receives - ,

Frank receives - ,

then .

All inheritance is the whole 1, then for Dan remains .

Dan receives one quarter of the inheritance.

the solution is the point

step-by-step explanation:

we have

> equation a

> equation b

adds equation a and equation b

substitute the value of x in equation b to find the value of y

the solution is the point