Question

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?

Answer 1

They have `5250` coins. Captain gets `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` coins. By this it apparently means Captain gets `1400` coins. This answers the second question that Captain gets `1400` coins.

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

The third i.e. First Mate gets `1/2` of the combined i.e. `1400+2100=3500`. Hence he gets `1/2xx3500=1750` coins.

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