112.--A PUZZLING LEGACY.

As the share of Charles falls in through his death, we have merely to

divide the whole hundred acres between Alfred and Benjamin in the

proportion of one-third to one-fourth--that is in the proportion of

four-twelfths to three-twelfths, which is the same as four to three.

Therefore Alfred takes four-sevenths of the hundred acres and Benjamin

three-sevenths.

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