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Jayne has 3 bags of candy. Each bag has 12 pieces of candy. If 3/4 of the candy is chocolate, how many pieces of candy is not chocolate?

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Start with finding the total of chocolates.
3 bags of 12 chocolates equals 36 chocolates in all.
Next, you can find the amount of candies that are chocolates by using the fraction 3/4. 3/4 times 36/1 = 27 candies are chocolates. ( 36 x 3 =108, 108/4=27). Now you can find the amount of candies that are not chocolate by subtracting 36-27=9. 9 candies are not chocolate.
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Explanation:

16 pieces of the candy is not chocolate.

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