A candy company makes boxes of chocolates. Each box has 32 chocolates total. Of those 32 chocolates 14 of them have nuts. If the

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A candy company makes boxes of chocolates. Each box has 32 chocolates total. Of those 32 chocolates 14 of them have nuts. If the

re were enough boxes for a total of 608 chocolates, how many of them would have nuts

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Agata [3.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-30T04:33:11+03:00

Answer: 266

Step-by-step explanation: This is a ratio problem. If there are 14 chocolates with nuts out of every 32 chocolates, you can use this as a ratio and set it up as a proportion.

(1) 14 chocolates w/ nuts / 32 chocolates = n chocolates / 608 chocolates

(2) Solve for n: 8,512 = 32n; n = 266