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Mary and her dad shared one dozen brownies 2/6 of them have nuts which dad doesn't eat how many brownies did dad not eat because they had nuts

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“Dad”couldn’t eat 4 since 2/6 is equivalent to 4/12 and the problem states that Mary had cooked a dozen brownies so overall he couldn’t eat 4 brownies
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User Deepak Nirala
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He did not eat 4 of the brownies.  This is because 2/6 is equivalent to 4/12.  That means he couldn't have eaten 4 of them. Hope that helps!!
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