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Andres eats 2/3 of a bag of chips today at lunch time.Tommorow he will eat 1/2 of the left over with lunch.How much of the whole bag of chips will he eat in total

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Answer:


(5)/(6) part of the whole bag of chips he will eat in total.

Explanation:

Given:

Part of chips eaten today = 2/3

Part of chips to be eaten tomorrow = 1/2 of the left over.

Now, considering the whole part be 1.

So, part left over =
1-(2)/(3)=(3-2)/(3)=(1)/(3)

Now, part of chips to be eaten tomorrow =
(1)/(2)* (1)/(3)=(1)/(6)

Now, total part eaten is the sum of parts eaten today and tomorrow. So,

Total part eaten =
(2)/(3)+(1)/(6)

Adding by making the denominator same, we have

Total part eaten =
(2* 2)/(3* 2)+(1)/(6)

Total part eaten =
(4)/(6)+(1)/(6)

Total part eaten =
(4+1)/(6)=(5)/(6)

Therefore,
(5)/(6) part of the whole bag of chips he will eat in total.

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