A Captain, Quartermaster, First Mate in a pirate ship divide a loot of coins. The 1st gets 1,400 coins, the 2nd 700 more than the first and the 3rd 1/2 of the combined. How much coins do they have? How much does the captain gets?

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A Captain, Quartermaster, First Mate in a pirate ship divide a loot of coins. The 1st gets 1,400 coins, the 2nd 700 more than the first and the 3rd 1/2 of the combined. How much coins do they have? How much does the captain gets?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-12T03:54:19

They have $5250$ $5250$ coins. Captain gets $1400$ $1400$ coins.

Explanation:

The question mentions that there are Captain, Quartermaster and First Mate in the pirate ship and loot of coins is divided between them.

It further mentions that 1st gets $1, 400$ $1,400$ coins. By this it apparently means Captain gets $1400$ $1400$ coins. This answers the second question that Captain gets $1400$ $1400$ coins.

The second gets $700$ $700$ more coins than than the first and hence Quartermaster gets $1400 + 700 = 2100$ $1400+700=2100$ coins.

The third i.e. First Mate gets $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ of the combined i.e. $1400 + 2100 = 3500$ $1400+2100=3500$ . Hence he gets $\frac{1}{2} \times 3500 = 1750$ $1/2xx3500=1750$ coins.

Hence they have $1400 + 2100 + 1750 = 5250$ $1400+2100+1750=5250$ coins in all.

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A Captain, Quartermaster, First Mate in a pirate ship divide a loot of coins. The 1st gets 1,400 coins, the 2nd 700 more than the first and the 3rd 1/2 of the combined. How much coins do they have? How much does the captain gets?

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