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Tom and Lana were comparing their Halloween candy. Tom received 4 times as much candy as Lana received. Tom then split his candy evenly into 9 piles to eat later. If Nancy received 18 ounces of candy, how many ounces of candy would be in Tom's piles?

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Given that Lana received 18 ounces of candy and Tom received 4 times as much candy as Lana received, then the number of candy Tom received is given by 4(18) = 72.

Now, given that Tom divided his candy evenly into 9 piles. Then the number of ounces of candy in each of Tom's piles is given by:

72/9 = 8 ounces.

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