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In a cookie jar, 1/4 of the cookies are chocolate chip, and 1/4 of the rest are peanut butter..What fraction of all the cookies is peanut butter

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1/3 is the correct answer , 1/4 of the rest left (3/4 of jar) makes it 1/3.
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1/4 × 1/2 multiply 1/2 by 2 to get 2/4 then add 1/4 and 2/4 ur answer 3/4 the fraction of all the cookies that is peanut butter is 3/4


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