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Everyone loved the Chocolate eclairs and they all got eaten during the party. Mr Watson friend, James, ate 68of them if there were16 of the chocolates, how many did James eat?

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Answer: 12

Explanation:

Number of chocolates = 16.

Fraction eaten by James = 6/8.

The number of chocolates eaten by James will be gotten by multiplying 6/8 by 16. This will be:

= 6/8 × 16

= 12

James ate 12 chocolate

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Complete Question

Everyone loved the Chocolate eclairs and they all got eaten during the party. Mr Watson friend, James, ate 6/8 of them if there were 16 of the chocolates, how many did James eat?

Answer:

12 chocolates

Explanation:

From the above question, we know that

Total number of Chocolates = 16

The fraction of Chocolate that James ate = 6/8

Therefore, the amount of chocolates that James ate is calculated as:

= 6/8 of 16 chocolates

= 6/8 × 16 chocolates

= 12 chocolates

Therefore, James ate 12 chocolates.

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