SOLUTION: solve Seventy two students are separated into two groups.the first group is 5 times as large as the second. How many students are in each group?

SOLUTION: solve Seventy two students are separated into two groups.the first group is 5 times as large as the second. How many students are in each group?

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Seventy two students are separated into two groups.the first group is 5 times as large as the second. How many students are in each group?
Answer by wuwei96815(245) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's rewrite this problem as a math problem:

First group = 5x
Second group = x
Together the two groups contain 72 students

5x + x = 72
6x = 72
x = 12
5x = 60

The two groups are 60 students and 12 students.

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