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Lance baked a pie,Justin ate 2/3 of the pie.and joey ate 1/4 how much is left?

User Tcarvin
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The answer 1/12 of the pie is left

User Shawn Andrews
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1-2/3-1/4 make all terms have a common denominator of 12

1(12/12)-(4/4)(2/3)-(3/3)(1/4)

12/12-8/12-3/12

(12-8-3)/12

1/12

So 1/12 of the pie remains.
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