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Jace has 21 bottles caps to recycle. 2/3 of the caps are from coke bottles. How many bottle caps are NOT from coke bottles?

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Answer:

7 Bottle Caps are NOT from Coke Bottles

Explanation:

To find which bottle caps are from cokes, multiply 21 by 2/3, which equals 14. However, we want the bottle caps which are not from cokes so subtract 14 from the total amount of bottle caps so: 21-14, which equals 7.

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