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How Much Jake weighs half as much as Joe, and John weighs three times as much as Jake. Together, they weigh 720 pounds. How much does each man weigh?

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Question added by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India
Date Posted: 2014/10/01
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Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

If Jake weighs twice as much as Joe, and John three times as much, dividing their total weight by six gives us Jake's weight (think x +2x +3x =720).720 divided by6 tells us that Jake weighs120 pounds, so Joe weighs240 pounds and John weighs360 pounds.

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