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A bowl contains 80 M&M candies if 15 of the candies are orange what fraction of the candies is not orange reduce answer to the lowest terms
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A bowl contains 80 M&M candies if 15 of the candies are orange what fraction of the candies

is not orange reduce answer to the lowest terms

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13/16 are not orange

15-80=65

65/80 candies are not orange
5 is a multiple of both numbers so divide 65 and 80 and you get 13/16
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