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Erin buys a bag of peanuts. The bag weighs 3/4 pounds. Later, the bag weighs 2/3 full. How much does the bag weigh?

User SpanishBoy
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You would do 3/4 minus 1/3
do the common denominator: 9/12 minus 4/12
subtract to get 5/12.
your answer is 5/12.

User Mawia HL
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1/2 full hopefully I helped
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