Candy bars

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Candy bars

by Sak32 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:29 pm
Rasheed bought two kinds of candy bars, chocolate and toffee, that came in packages of 2 bars each. He handed out 2/3 of the chocolate bars and 3/5 of the toffee bars. How many packages of chocolate bars did Rasheed buy?

1) Rasheed bought 1 fewer package of chocolate bars than toffee bars.

2) Rasheed handed out the same number of each kind of candy bars.

Answer is C. Source: Gmat prep. Kindly provide explanations.
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