document.write( "Question 408723: Jessica ate 5/12 of her orange before lunch and 5/12 of her orange after lunch. How much of her orange did she eat? \n" ); document.write( "

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After lunch, she has eaten $\"%287%2F12%29%2A%285%2F12%29+=+35%2F144\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Hence all in all she has eaten $\"5%2F12+%2B+35%2F144+=+95%2F144\"$ of her orange.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Well, think about it:
\n" ); document.write( "Before lunch she ate 5/12 of the orange, which leaves 7/12 of the orange BEFORE lunch.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "AFTER lunch, she ate 5/12 of the remaining 7/12, and that is $\"%285%2F12%29%2A%287%2F12%29+=+35%2F144\"$ . That is the portion eaten AFTER lunch. So the portion eaten BEFORE lunch, PLUS the portion eaten AFTER lunch must be $\"5%2F12+%2B+35%2F144+=+95%2F144\"$ of the orange.\r
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