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James and Lucas are eating a pizza. James ate 2/3 of the pizza and Lucas ate 1⁄4 of pizza. Who ate more pizza and by how much?

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Answer: James ate more pizza by 5/12 parts.

Explanation:

To solve let us takes the lcm of the denominators 3 and 4

which is 12.

James ate 2/3 * 4/4 = 8/12 parts

Lucas ate 1/4*3/3= 3/12 parts

now, we can see 8/12>3/12

Therefore, James ate more pizza by 8/12-3/12= 5/12 parts.

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