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Sara baked 3 dozen cookies. Her brother ate 25 percent of them. Sara took 1/3 of the remaining cookies to her neighbor and then ate 4 cookies herself. How many cookies were left

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3 dozen cookies = 36 cookies

Brother ate 0.25(36) or 9 cookies.

36 - 9 = 27 cookies remain.

Sara took (1/3)(27) or 9 cookies went to her neighbor.

There are now 18 cookies of which Sara ate 4.

So, 18 - 4 = 14.

There are 14 cookies left.

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