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A, B and C play cricket. A's runs are to B's runs and B's runs are to C's as 3:2. They get altogether 342 runs. How many runs did A make?

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A:B=3:2 and B:C=3:2
LCM of 2 and 3 is 6
So, A:B:C=9:6:4

Runs made by A= (9/19) *342= 162
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