Joy organized a wedding. Guests had to choose what meal they want. 1/3 Chose beef 5/12 Chose chicken and 69 chose vegetarian. How many guests were at the party?
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We will analyze this as follows.
Beef = 1/3
Chicken = 5/12
Vegetarian = 69
We need to get the fraction for vegetarian:
It should be :
1 - (1/3 + 5/12 ) = 1 - 3/4 = 1/4
Therefore :
1/4 = 69
The total number of guests is represented by 1 thus :
Total guests = 4 × 69 = 276
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