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If I ate 4/9 of a box of cereal what is the fraction of the cereal left?

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if the whole of a cereal is 1

you ate 4/9

1 - 4/9 = remainder


1-(4)/(9)
(9-4)/(9)=(5)/(9)
so\text{ }(5)/(9)\text{ of the cereal is left}

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