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Alice,Bernice, and Cheryl shared some stamps in the ratio 8:9:18.Alice received 184 stamps. Find the number of stamps that Bernice and Cheryl each received

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The easiest way to count it is to divide Alice's stamps by 8 to see how many is 1/8 part of the ratio:

184 / 8 = 23

It means that Bernice has 23 * 9 = 207 stamps and Cheryl has 23 * 18 = 414 stamps.
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