SOLUTION: There is enough candy in a bag to give 12 pieces of candy to each of 20 children, with no candy left over. If 5 children do not want any candy, how many pieces can be given to each

Question 579294: There is enough candy in a bag to give 12 pieces of candy to each of 20 children, with no candy left over. If 5 children do not want any candy, how many pieces can be given to each of the others?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 16
D) 18
E) 20
I don't know how to approach and solve this problem..
Thanks!
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there is enough candy in a bag to give 12 pieces of candy to each of 20 children.
this means that there are 12 * 20 = 240 pieces of candy.
since 5 children do not want any candy, this means that the 240 pieces of candy can be divided amongst the remaining 15 children.
240 / 15 = 16 pieces of candy for each of the remaining 15 children.
to check to see if this is accurate, take 15 children and multiply them by 16 pieces of candy each to get a total of 240 pieces of candy that were handed out.

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