A cable car can safely carry n people. There are already 3/4n people on the cable car. Only 12 more people can board the cable car before it becomes unsafe. How many people at m…

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Zay Lau · Answer 1 · 2021-12-19T02:32:37+0000

Answer:

The answer is 48 people.

Explanation:

We can write the equation like following:

$n=(3n/4)+12\\4n=3n+48\\n=48$

The cable car can carry 48 people at most.