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Jocelyn has a candy box with chocolates and jelly beans. The ratio of chocolates to jelly beans is 8:3. Jocelyn has 24 chocolates in the box. How many jelly beans does she have?
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Jocelyn has a candy box with chocolates and jelly beans. The ratio of chocolates to jelly beans is 8:3. Jocelyn has 24 chocolates in the box. How many jelly beans does she have?

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9 jelly beans

Explanation:

if the ratio representing chocolate is 8 and the number of chocolate is 24 we shall take 8-24 what of 3 which represents jelly beans so

8-24

3

that is 3×24÷8=9

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