A PUZZLING LEGACY

A man left a hundred acres of land to be divided among his three sons—Alfred, Benjamin, and Charles—in the proportion of one-third, one-fourth, and one-fifth respectively. But Charles died. How was the land to be divided fairly between Alfred and Benjamin?

Algebra -> Word Problems Arithmetic -> Fractions Number Theory -> Division

Sources:

Amusements in Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney Question 112

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