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Olivia and Carlos are shopping at their favorite pet store. Olivia buys a bag that contains a special mix of dog food to treat her three dogs. each dog gets a different fractional part of the food based on its weight. Max will get 1/4 of the bag, Jasmine will get 1/3, and Springer will get the rest. what fractional part of the whole bag of mixed with Springer get? Explain how you found your answer.

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Springer will get 5/12 of the bag.

You get this by combining 1/4 and 1/3 and then you find the amount of left over dog food. Multiply the fractions so they have common denominators, then add. You will get 3/12 + 4/12 = 7/12. 12 - 7 = 5, so there is 5/12 of the bag left.