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William has 3 jars of marbles that he wishes to share equally with his brother. In the first jar there are 12 marbles, in the second jar there are 21 marbles, and in the third jar there are 17 marbles. Write an expression with parenthesis to show how many marbles each boy will get. Then simplify the expression.

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(12 + 21 + 17) / 3
simplify
50/2 reduces to 25
User Nikoshr
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I showed the steps that I did and somehow ended up with 1/15. Please do correct me if im wrong.
William has 3 jars of marbles that he wishes to share equally with his brother. In-example-1
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