A jar holds 24 sweets, each either mango or lemon flavoured. The probability of picking a mango sweet at random is $\frac{3}{8}$ . How many lemon sweets are in the jar?

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Correct answer: D

Worth noting

9 is the number of MANGO sweets. 8 and 3 come from dividing 24 by 3 or by 8 instead of multiplying by the fraction.

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A jar holds 24 sweets, each either mango or lemon flavoured. The probability of picking a mango sweet at random is 38\frac{3}{8}83​. How many lemon sweets are in the jar?