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Emilio is handing out copies of the school newspaper. He gave out 7/12 of his copies in the morning and 2/9 of his copies in the afternoon. What fraction of his copies does he have left
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Emilio is handing out copies of the school newspaper. He gave out 7/12 of his copies in the morning and 2/9 of his copies in the afternoon. What fraction of his copies does he have left

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He has 29/36 of his copies left

convert 7/12 to 21/36 and convert 2/9 to 8/36 so you get like denominators, then add the two together and get 29/36
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