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Jim, Dan and David share some sweets in the ratio 6:5:2. Jim gets 32 more sweets than David. How many sweets does Dan get?

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40 sweets

Explanation:

6/2=3, so we have 3х = х+32, where x is number of sweets that gets David.

3x = x + 32, so 2x = 32, so x = 32 / 2 = 16

Finally, Dan gets 16 / 2 * 5 = 8*5 = 40 sweets.

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