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Luna mixes 3/4 cup of orange juice with 3/8 cup of cranberry juice. She gives 5/8 cup of the juice to Mags.How much is left in Luna’s glass?

Luna mixes 3/4 cup of orange juice with 3/8 cup of cranberry juice. She gives 5/8 cup-example-1
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User Octref
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4/8 is left in her glass.

Step 1–find the common denominator (which is 8)

Step 2–multiply 3/4 times 2 which will give you 6/8

Step 3– Add 6/8 and 3/8 which will give you an improper fraction of 9/8

Step 4–Subtract 5/8 from 9/8

Therefore your answer is 4/8
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