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Help!!please

Initially, there are exactly 18 cookies in a cookie jar. If a girl eats one third of the cookies and a boy eats one third of the a cookies that are left, how many cookies are still in the jar?​

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1/3, or also 6

Explanation:

2/3 of 18 is 12, and 18-12 is 6

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