total of 144 people participated in the interest groups in the school, among which the football group accounted for (2/9), the chorus group was more than the football group (1/4), how many people were there in the chorus group?
学校参加兴趣小组的共有144人，其中足球组的人数占(2/9)，合唱组比足球组的人数多(1/4)，合唱组有多少人？
<gadget id="calculator">2 / 9</gadget>
<output>2/9 = around 0.222222</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 / 4</gadget>
<output>1/4 = around 0.25</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 + (1/4)</gadget>
<output>5/4 = around 1.25</output>

<gadget id="calculator">144 * (2/9) * (5/4)</gadget>
<output>40</output>

<result>40</result>