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After a holiday party, there was 56 of a cake left. Some of the pieces of cake were chocolate, some of pieces were vanilla, and some of the pieces were carrot cake. Were chocolate, vanilla, and carrot? Choose the correct number statement that represents the amounts of each type of cake that are remaining.

User ReZach
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Answer:

The correct statement be
(1)/(6) +
(2)/(6) +
(2)/(6)

Step-by-step explanation:

As given, there are
(5)/(6) of a cake left.

Also given , there are three types of pieces of cake

So, sum of all the three pieces of the cake =
(5)/(6)

so , the possible sum be
(1)/(6) +
(2)/(6) +
(2)/(6)

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