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Eighty percent of the students in a class (group A) share 40%40\% of the candy equally. The remaining 20%20\% of the students (group B) share the other 60%60\% of the candy equally. The ratio of the amount of candy a student in group A has to the amount of candy a student in group B has is equal to what common fraction?
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Eighty percent of the students in a class (group A) share 40% of the candy equally. The remaining 20% of the students (group B) share the other 60% of the candy equally. The ratio of the amount of candy a student in group A has to the amount of candy a student in group B has is equal to what common fraction?
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Eighty percent of the students in a class (group A) share $40\%$ of the candy equally. The remaining $20\%$ of the students (group B) share the other $60\%$ of the candy equally. The ratio of the amount of candy a student in group A has to the amount of candy a student in group B has is equal to what common fraction?

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Level 5

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Prealgebra

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