Anna has a bag of chocolates and a bag of caramels. If she gives an equal amount of each type of candy to each of her 7 friends, she is left with 5 chocolates and 1 caramel. Which of the following could be the total number of chocolates and caramels that were in the two bags?

3 answers

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12 chocolates and 8 caramels is one possibility.

19 chocolates and 15 caramels is another.
a) 54

b) 55

c) 56

d) 57

e) 58
(7*3)+5 = 26 chocolates and (7*3)+1 = 22 caramels = ?