Sarah, Michael, and George are sharing a bag of candy hearts. Sarah will eat twice as many as Michael. George will eat three times as many as Sarah. If the bag has 45 pieces of candy, how many pieces will each person get?

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Sarah, Michael, and George are sharing a bag of candy hearts. Sarah will eat twice as many as Michael. George will eat three times as many as Sarah. If the bag has 45 pieces of candy, how many pieces will each person get?

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Sarah, Michael, and George are sharing a bag of candy hearts. Sarah will eat twice as many as Michael. George will eat three times as many as Sarah. If the bag has 45 pieces of candy, 30 pieces will each person get.
Solution:
Michael (M): 5 pieces
Sarah (2M): 2 × 5=10 pieces
George (3(2M)): 3×2×5 = 30 pieces.

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