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Juliette ate 1/3 of a cake, and Brad ate 3/8 of the same cake. What fraction of the cake was eaten?

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Answer:

17/24

Explanation:

Find common denominators...

1/3 = 8/24

3/8 = 9/24

Now add...

17/24 of the cake was eaten

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