On second floor in lawyer's office the burglar took $5000 from the safe.
On third floor in the office of insurance company the burglar found nothing.
On the morning the jeweler prepared insurance claim for $25,000 of stolen jewerly and paid $10,000 to the lawyer to help him.
The lawyer took the papers and went upstairs to the office of insuarance company and filed the claim.
The insuarance clerk accepted jeweler's claim and passed it to company headquateres, accompanied by the report that the burglar stole $5,000 (which money were actually embezzled by the clerk).
The insuarance company was forced of to write off $30,000 loss accordingly.
What portion of the $30,000 was respectively pocketed by
the thief,
the jeweler,
the lawyer, and
the clerk?
2007-11-14
10:45:09
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2 answers
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asked by
Alexander
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