Question:
Three boxes, A, B and C, contain some marbles. Box C contains 272 marbles. Box A contains 3/4 of the total number of marbles in Boxes B and C. The ratio of the number of marbles in Box B to the number of marbles in Box C is 1 : 2. How many marbles are there altogether in Boxes A and B?
Solution:
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