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Dante's bag of candy contained 8 blue out of 56. How many blue candies could he expect if he has a bag of 420

candies?

User Zhigong Li
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Answer:

He would have 60 candies.

Explanation:

56/8 = 7

This would mean that he has 1/7 of his total 56 candies blue. So then what you would do is divide 420 by 7 which would equal 60.

User Jiao
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Answer:

60

Explanation:

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