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bryan cut 2 peaches that were the same size for lunch.he cut one peach into fourths and the other into sixths.bryan ate 3/4 of the first peach.his brother ate 5/6 of the second peacb.who atr more peach?explain the strategy you used.

User LizG
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Ok lets do the math.

First peach to fourths
Second peach to sixths

Bryan ate 3/4 of the first peach
His brother ate 5/6 of the second peach

Convert these fractions to have a equivalent denominator

3/4 = 18/24
5/6 = 20/24

So His brother in total would eat the most amount of peach.
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