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Manuel ate 1/3 of the crackers on the plate. his brother ate 1/4 of the crackers. there were 5 crackers left.how many crackers were on the plate to begin with?

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User StackJP
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12 the answer is 12

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User Att Righ
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there were 11 crackers to begin with. Because if you give the fractions a common denominator of 12 you multiply how you got to 12 by the top as well then you would subtract and add it to the five that were left
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