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Peter, Bridget and Caroline share some sweets in the ratio 4:3:1. Peter gets 20 sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?
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Peter, Bridget and Caroline share some sweets in the ratio 4:3:1. Peter gets 20 sweets. How many sweets are there altogether?

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In that the sweets are shared 20:15:5 (multiply all the numbers by five)
This means there are 20 + 15 + 5 = 40 sweets
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