document.write( "Question 1163161: One student ate 3/20 of all candies and another 1.2 lb. The second student ate 3/5 of the candies and the remaining 0.3 lb. What weight of candies did they each eat? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Regarding the second student, from the condition we conclude that the remaining 0.3 lb represent    of his candies.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So,    of his candies is   = 0.15 lb;  hence, the weight of his candies is 5 times 0.15 lb, i.e. 0.75 lb.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Regarding the first student, the relevant info does not present a self-closed Math problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It requires additional assumptions from the outside of the given formulation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, strictly speaking, that part is not a Math style problem --- it is a Puzzle style, instead.\r\n" );
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