Ramen purchase a box of candy for himself on the way back to the dorm he ate 2/3 of the candy while he was putting away groceries 1/4 of what was left there are now two chocolates left in the box how many chocolates were in the box to begin

12 chocolates

Step-by-step explanation:

Represent the original number of chocolates by c.  

Then (1/4)(2/3)c = 2

Solving this for c, we multiply both sides by 4:  (2/3)c = 8

and then multiply both sides by (3/2):  c = (3/2)(8) = 12

Originally the box contained 12 chocolates.

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