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Tyrone has 20 pieces of candy. The ratio of chocolate to hard candy is 1:3. How many pieces of hard candy does Tyrone have?

User Giles
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Answer:

15

Explanation:

User LHWizard
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Answer:

15 pieces

Explanation:

a ratio of 1:3 has 4 total parts, meaning that each part is 5.

20/3 = 15 so that means he has 5 pieces of chocolate and 15 of hard candy.

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