Eighty people are separated into 2 groups. The first group is 8 less than 3 times as large as the second. Find the number of people in each group.

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smaller group --- x
larger group ---- 3x-8

x + 3x-8 = 80
4x = 88
x = 22

smaller group has 22
larger has 58
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