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Shelly has a beaker that contains 5 and two-thirds fluid ounces of water. She pours out 3 and one-third fluid ounces of water. Which expression can be used to find the number of fluid ounces of water that remain in the beaker?

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Answer: x = 5 2/3 - 3 1/3

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that Shelly has a beaker which contains 5 2/3 fluid ounces of water and that she pours out 3 1/3 fluid ounces of water. The expression that an be used to find the number of fluid ounces of water which remain in the beaker goes thus:

Let's represent the remaining water in the beaker as x.

Since 3 1/3 fluid ounces of water has been poured our from 5 2/3 fluid ounces of water. The expression will be:

x = 5 2/3 - 3 1/3

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