SOLUTION: Marcus filling his bird feeder with seeds. He has 2/3 of a bag of birdseed left. If he uses 1/3 of the bag to fill the feeder, then what fraction of a bag of birdseed is in the fee

Question 1161677: Marcus filling his bird feeder with seeds. He has 2/3 of a bag of birdseed left. If he uses 1/3 of the bag to fill the feeder, then what fraction of a bag of birdseed is in the feeder?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He has of a bag.
He fills the feeder using of the bag.
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Answer by greenestamps(13203)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Sloppy/ambiguous/misleading statement of the problem....

Does he fill the feeder with 1/3 of A BAG of birdseed?

Or does he fill it with 1/3 of the 2/3 OF A BAG that he starts with?

Answer by ikleyn(52851)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Hey,

you really need an assistant to edit your writing after you.

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