SOLUTION: in one day, three employees can sort 66 packages. One of the employees is three times more productive that the second employee and twice and productive as the third employee. How

Question 908682: in one day, three employees can sort 66 packages. One of the employees is three times more productive that the second employee and twice and productive as the third employee. How many packages did the second most productive employee sort?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a b and c
a=3b
b=a/3
a=2c
c=a/2
a+b+c=66
a+a/3+a/2=66
6a/6+2a/6+3a/6=66
11a/6=66
a/6=6
a=36
b=12
c=18
The second most productive is c who sorted 18 packages

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