The neighborhood candy store sold 336 candy items this week. Twice as many M& Ms were sold as Snickers, and three times as many Crunch bars were sold as Snicker bars. How many of each kind of candy were sold this week? Show your work.

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Layne Herring

Mathematics

24 January, 06:00

The neighborhood candy store sold 336 candy items this week. Twice as many M& Ms were sold as Snickers, and three times as many Crunch bars were sold as Snicker bars. How many of each kind of candy were sold this week? Show your work.

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Amount m&m = x

amount snickers = Y

amount crunch = Z

x + y + z = 336

x = 2 y

z = 3 y

2 y + y + 3 y = 336

y = 56

x = 2. 56 = 112

z = 3. 56 = 168