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3. A MAN died leaving 3 sons, to whom he bequeathed his estate in the following manner, viz. to the eldest he gave 184 dollars, to the second 155 dollars, and to the third 96 dollars; but when his debts were paid, there were but 184 dollars left: What is each one's proportion of his estate? Ans. 77,829

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4. A AND B companied :—A put in £ 46, and took of the gain: what

did B put in?

Ans. £30.

Double Fellowship.

DOUBLE FELLOWSHIP, or Fellowship with time, is when the stocks of partners are continued unequal times.

RULE.

MULTIPLY each man's stock by the time it was continued in trade, Then, As the whole sum of the products is to the whole gain or loss, so is each man's particular product to his particular share of the loss or gain.

EXAMPLES.

1. A, B and C, entered into partnership: A put in 85 dollars for 8 months; B put in 60 dollars for 10 months; and C put in 120 dollars for 3 months; by misfortune they lost 41 dollars: What must each man sustain of the loss? OPERATION.

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3. A MAN died leaving 3 sons, to whom he bequeathed his estate in the following manner, viz. to the eldest he gave 184 dollars, to the second 155 dollars, and to the third 96 dollars; but when his debts were paid, there were but 184 dollars left: What is each one's proportion of his estate? Ans. 77,829

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4. A AND B companied :-A put in 45, and took of the gain: what did B put in?

Ans. 30.

Double Fellowship.

DOUBLE FELLOWSHIP, or Fellowship with time, is when the stocks of partners are continued unequal times.

RULE.

MULTIPLY each man's stock by the time it was continued in trade, Then, As the whole sum of the products is to the whole gain or loss, so is each man's particular product to his particular share of the loss or gain.

EXAMPLES.

1. A, B and C, entered into partnership: A put in 85 dollars for 8 months; B put in 60 dollars for 10 months; and C put in 120 dollars for 3 months; by misfortune they lost 41 dollars: What must each man sustain of the loss? OPERATION.

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2. A, B, and C, trade together: A, at first put in 480 dollars for 8 months, then put in 200 dollars more, and continued the whole in trade 8 months longer; at the end of which he took out his whole stock; B put in 800 dolls. for 9 months, then took out Dolls. 583,333 and continued the rest in trade 3 months, C put in Dolls. 366,666 for 10 months, then put in 250 dollars more, and continued the whole in trade 6 months longer. At the end of their partnership, they had cleared 1000 dollars, what is each man's share of the gain? Answer. Dolls. 378,827 A's share.

320,452 B's share

300,721 C's share.

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