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What do you do when it says two wholes and two thirds minus blank equals one whole and one fourth

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Two wholes is just two, and one whole is just one.
So
2 + 2/3 - BLANK = 1 + 1/4
2 + 2/3 = 1 + 1/4 + BLANK
2 - 1 - 1/4 + 2/3 = BLANK
3/4 + 2/3 = BLANK
(9+8)/12 = BLANK
17/12 = BLANK
User Robert Ravikumar
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