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Stacy is having a party. She puts 6 six-packs of diet soda in a cooler for her guests. At the end of theparty, she finds that 8 sodas are left. What fraction of the sodas have been consumed? Write youranswer in lowest terms

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So since each pack has 6 packs we need to multiple. 6x8= 48.

There were 48 diet sodas in the cooler. 40 were drank. The fraction would be 40/48 were drank or 8/48 cans were not drunk.

For the lowest term, it would be 1/6 for 8/48 and 5/24 for 40/48.

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