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If one in every 5 sweets is a toffee. what proportion are chocolates?
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If one in every 5 sweets is a toffee. what proportion are chocolates?

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The toffee is 1 part of 5 sweet so parts of chocolate is 5 - 1 = 4 parts.
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If the other sweets are chocolates then 4 in every 5 sweets are chocolates so 4/5
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