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Super Bear

Act 1

A video is shown of mini, regular and super-sized candy Bears. How many mini-bears equals the super-bear? How many regular-bears equals the super-bear?

Act 2

There are three videos. The first reveals that 10 mini-bears weigh 12.1 grams. The second shows that 10 regular-bears weight 23.1 grams. The third video shows that one super-bear weighs 2250 grams.

Weighing mini-bears.

Weighing regular-bears.

Weighing a super-bear.

Act 3

The answers are revealed by showing a super-bear on a set of scales. ​The first video shows regular-bears.

The second video shows mini-bears.

Sequel

If you want to eat a lot of candy through eating candy Bears, what is the cheapest way to do it? Three photographs are shown with the number of bears in a pack and the price per pack.

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