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Joy organized a wedding. Guests had to choose their meal from beef, chicken or vegetarian. 1/3 of the guests chose beef 5/12 of the guests chose chicken 23 of the guests chose vegetarian How many guests
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Joy organized a wedding.

Guests had to choose their meal from beef, chicken or vegetarian.
1/3 of the guests chose beef
5/12 of the guests chose chicken
23 of the guests chose vegetarian
How many guests were at the wedding?

how do I work this out

User Borisrorsvort
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The fraction of people choosing veg was 1 - 1/3 - 5/12 = 1/4 and this was 23 people.
Total guests 4*23 = 92
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