Required Mathematical Intelligence

Chapter 99 Inheritance Issues
A widow will share her husband's 3500 yuan inheritance with her soon-to-be-born child.If it was a son, then, according to Roman law, the mother was entitled to half the son's share;But what happened was that twins were born—a boy and a girl.How should the inheritance be distributed to meet the legal requirements?

[Answer: The widow shall receive 1000 yuan, the son 2000 yuan, and the daughter 500 yuan.Thus the law is fully fulfilled, for the widow receives exactly half as much as her son, and twice as much as her daughter. ]
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