SOLUTION: For a work there are 3 groups. In the first group there are 36% of the workers. In the second group there are 72 more workers than first group. And in the last group there are 124

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Question 678454: For a work there are 3 groups. In the first group there are 36% of the workers. In the second group there are 72 more workers than first group. And in the last group there are 124 workers. Totally how many workers are there?
Answer by rm29924(97) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x=the total amount of workers
the first group=.36x
the second group=.36x+72
the third group=124
.36x+.36x+72+124=x
.72x+196=x
196=.28x
x=700
answer there are 700 workers