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Owen ate three-eighths of a pizza for lunch. For dinner, he ate two-thirds of what was left from lunch. How much of the whole

pizza did he eat for dinner?

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Answer: 5/12 of the whole pizza

So we start we the whole pizza = 1
Then he ate 3/8:
1 - 3/8
And then 2/3 of what was left:
2/3(1 - 3/8)
2/3 - 1/4
8/12 - 3/12
5/12
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