Peter James and John shared #140,000. If Peter had as much as James and James had as much as John. How much was James share?
So clearly they had equal shares.
So ....
To find out how much James' share is, we need to set up a system of equations based on the information given.
Let's assume that John's share is J.
Since James had as much as John, we can say that James' share is also J.
Peter, on the other hand, had as much as double James' share, which means his share is 2J.
We also know that the three of them shared a total of #140,000. So we can set up the equation:
J + J + 2J = #140,000
Combining like terms, we have:
4J = #140,000
To solve for J, we divide both sides of the equation by 4:
J = #140,000 / 4
Calculating this, we find that J = #35,000.
Therefore, James' share is #35,000.