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Sally bought some chocolates and gave half of them to Mabel. Mabel bought some lollipops and gave half of them to Sally. Mabel ate 7 lollipos and Sally ate 16 chocolates. After that, the ratio of the number of lollipops to the number of chocolates Mabel had was 1 : 8 and the ratio of the number of lollipops to the number of chocolates Sally had was 1 : 5. How many lollipops did Mabel buy at first?

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1:8 = 5:40
1:5= 8:40
8 +5 = 13
13 + 7= 20


20 lollipops
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