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Gerald went to a bake sale and found a pan of brownies that had ⅖ of the brownies remaining. He asked to buy ⅓ of the remaining brownies. Marlon said that Gerald bought 29 of the pan. Gerald says that Marlon made a mistake. Identify Marlon’s error, and share what the actual answer would be.

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Answer:

instead of 2/9 he put 29

Explanation:

he put 29 instead of 2/9.

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