Problema Solution
Three workers sort 66 boxes in a day. One of the workers is three times more productive than the second worker and twice as productive as the third worker. How many boxes did the second most productive worker sort?
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An equation that represents this situation is the following where x is the productivity of the first worker is:
x + x/3 + x/2 = 66 (since the first worker is 3 times more productive than the second and 2 times more productive then the third)
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x = 36 boxs
The first worker sorted 36 boxes.
36/3 = 12 boxes
The second worker sorted 12 boxes.
36/2 = 18 boxes
The third worker sorted 18 boxes.
The second most productive worker sorted 18 boxes.