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In a cookie jar, 1 5 of the cookies are chocolate chip and 3 4 of the rest are peanut butter. What fraction of all the cookies is peanut butter?

User Yadi
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the fraction is 15/20 and the fraction of chocolate cookies is 4/20
1/5 + 3/4 = 19/20
User Thejus Krishna
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Answer:

3/5

Explanation:

3/5 of 1/4 is 3/5

or 3/5*1/4= 3/5

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