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A bag of candy has a guaranteed ratio of 4:3 caramels to toffee. If a bag has 21 toffees in it, how many caramels are in the bag?

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Answer:

28 caramels

Explanation:

Since the ratio is 4:3 caramel to toffee, that means if there is 21 toffees you have to divide by 3 to get 7. So for the caramel, you multiply 4 x 7 = 28

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