document.write( "Question 1170228: One elf ate 1/6 of a pie. Another elf ate 3/8 of the pie. A third elf ate 1/4 of the pie. How much of the pie was left?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let whole pie be \"1\"
\n" ); document.write( "One elf ate \"1%2F6+\"of a pie
\n" ); document.write( "Another elf ate \"3%2F8\" of the pie
\n" ); document.write( "A third elf ate \"1%2F4\" of the pie \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1-%281%2F6%2B3%2F8%2B1%2F4%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " the multiples of \"6=2%2A3\"
\n" ); document.write( " the multiples of \"8=2%2A2%2A2\"
\n" ); document.write( " the multiples of \"4=2%2A32\"
\n" ); document.write( " the common multiple:\"2%2A2%2A2%2A3=24\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=\"1-%284%2F24%2B9%2F24%2B6%2F24%29+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=\"1-%2819%2F24%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=\"24%2F24-19%2F24\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=\"5%2F24\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How much of the pie was left?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "answer:\"+5%2F24\" of the pie was left\r
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