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Preston is making cookies. He has 4 over 5 cup of flour in a bag. He then used two 1 over 10 cups of flour for his recipe. Which of the following best explains the amount of flour left in the bag?

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You have to make it so they have the same denominator so instead of 4/5 cups of flower he has 8/10 cups of flower then you subtract 1/10 cups of flower and in the end he as 7/10 cups of flower left
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