SOLUTION: Ricky has 80 avocadoes to sell.He sold 1/4 of them,3/8 are given to his sister.How many avocadoes are left​

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Question 1169231: Ricky has 80 avocadoes to sell.He sold 1/4 of them,3/8 are given to his sister.How many avocadoes are left​
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Ricky has 80 avocadoes to sell. He sold 1/4 of them,...
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He then still has 60 avocados.

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...,3/8 are given to his sister.
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3%2F8 of what? Of the original 80? That is 30 avocados given to sister.

60-30=highlight%2830%29--------How many he still has now.