Sipho eats 2/3 of a box of delicious sweets trans eats 1/4 of them .They kept the rest for later ,how many sweets were left in the box if many sweets were left in the box if there were 48 sweets the box to start worth

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4 sweets\text{4 sweets}

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  1. Determine the total number of sweets in the box.

    Total sweets =48= 48

  2. Calculate the number of sweets Sipho eats.

    Sipho eats 23\frac{2}{3} of the total sweets.

    Sweets Sipho eats=23×48\text{Sweets Sipho eats} = \frac{2}{3} \times 48 Sweets Sipho eats=2×483\text{Sweets Sipho eats} = \frac{2 \times 48}{3} Sweets Sipho eats=963\text{Sweets Sipho eats} = \frac{96}{3} Sweets Sipho eats=32\text{Sweets Sipho eats} = 32

  3. Calculate the number of sweets Thandi eats.

    Thandi eats 14\frac{1}{4} of the total sweets.

    Sweets Thandi eats=14×48\text{Sweets Thandi eats} = \frac{1}{4} \times 48 Sweets Thandi eats=484\text{Sweets Thandi eats} = \frac{48}{4} Sweets Thandi eats=12\text{Sweets Thandi eats} = 12

  4. Calculate the total number of sweets eaten by Sipho and Thandi.

    Total sweets eaten=Sweets Sipho eats+Sweets Thandi eats\text{Total sweets eaten} = \text{Sweets Sipho eats} + \text{Sweets Thandi eats} Total sweets eaten=32+12\text{Total sweets eaten} = 32 + 12 Total sweets eaten=44\text{Total sweets eaten} = 44

  5. Subtract the total sweets eaten from the initial total to find the remaining sweets.

    Sweets left=Total sweets−Total sweets eaten\text{Sweets left} = \text{Total sweets} - \text{Total sweets eaten} Sweets left=48−44\text{Sweets left} = 48 - 44 Sweets left=4\text{Sweets left} = 4

    There were 4 sweets\boxed{\text{4 sweets}} left in the box.

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