Three kids go trick-or-treating: a ghost, a witch, and a zombie. The ghost collected twice as many candies as the witch. The zombie collected 5 fewer than the ghost. Together they have 40 candies. How many does each have?

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Witch: 9, Ghost: 18, Zombie: 13. If witch = W, ghost = 2W, zombie = 2W - 5. Equation: W + 2W + (2W-5) = 40. So 5W - 5 = 40, 5W = 45, W = 9. Ghost = 18, Zombie = 13.

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