SOLUTION: If there are 600 pieces of candy in the candy jar and 2/3 are in red wrappers and 1/4 of those in the red wrappers are chocolate, how many pieces of candy are chocolate in red wr

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Question 729990: If there are 600 pieces of candy in the candy jar and 2/3 are in red wrappers and 1/4 of those in the red wrappers are chocolate, how many pieces of candy are chocolate in red wrappers?
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If there are 600 pieces of candy in the candy jar and 2/3 are in red wrappers
and 1/4 of those in the red wrappers are chocolate, how many pieces of candy
are chocolate in red wrappers?
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    600%2A%282%2F3%29%2A%281%2F4%29 = 400%2A%281%2F4%29 = 100.    ANSWER

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