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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

A box of fruit contained twice as many apples as pears. Chris and Lily divided them up so that Chris had twice as many pieces of fruit as Lily. Which one of the following statements is always true?

(A) Chris took at least one pear. (B) Chris took twice as many apples as pears (C) Chris took twice as many apples as Lily. (D) Chris took as many apples as Lily took pears. (E) Chris took as many pears as Lily took apples.

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