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The number of words in the three dictionaries is 1200. How

many words are there in 8 such dictionaries?

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this is pretty simple! there are three dictionaries.

if all three dictionaries together have 1200 words, then each dictionary will have 1/3 of 1200 words. this is 400.

if each dictionary has 400 words, eight dictionaries will have 400*8 which is 3200 words.

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