SOLUTION: A group of runners partcipated in a 10-kilometer race. One-eighth of the runners completed the race in 40 minutes or less. Seven twelfths of the runners needed between 40 minutes a

Question 330948: A group of runners partcipated in a 10-kilometer race. One-eighth of the runners completed the race in 40 minutes or less. Seven twelfths of the runners needed between 40 minutes and one hour to finish. The remaining 70 runners took one hour to complete the race. How many runners participated in the race?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let T be the total number of runners,

Multiply both sides by 24,

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