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Half of the candies in a jar are gumdrops. One-fourth of the candies are chocolates. There are 4 lollipops. There is an equal number of lollipops and chocolates. How many gumdro…

Half of the candies in a jar are gumdrops. One-fourth of the candies are chocolates. There are 4 lollipops. There is an equal number of lollipops and chocolates. How many gumdro…
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Half of the candies in a jar are gumdrops. One-fourth of the candies are chocolates. There are 4 lollipops. There is an equal number of lollipops and chocolates. How many gumdrops are there?

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User Eduard Iskandarov
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If there is and equal amount of lollipops and chocolates, we know that 4 is 1/4 of the whole jar so,
1/4=4
Then,
2/4 which is 1/2 is 8
There are 8 gumdrops
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