Question

One hundred sixty-two guests attended a banquet. Three servers provided their beverages. The first server helped three times as many people as the second server and the third server helped twice as many people as the first server. How many guests did each server help?​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Below given.

Step-by-step explanation:

• 162 total guests.
• 3 servers

Let the number of guests the second server helped be x.

then the first server helped 3x

then the third server helped [(3x)*2] = 6x

Equation in total:

                               6x + 3x + x = 162

                                10x = 162

                                   x = 16.2

• First server helped: 3 * 16.2 = 49 guests

• Second server helped: 16 guests

• Third server helped: 6x = 6(16.2) = 97 guests