In a bag there are counters. The counters are all either red or blue or yellow.
The number of red counters : The number of blue counters : The number of yellow counters = 4:5:8 4 : 5 : 8\,4:5:8
The number of yellow counters is 24 more than the numbers of blue counters.
Work out the total number of counters in the bag.
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