A batch of cookies was divided among 3 tins: 23 of all the cookies were placed in either the blue or the green tin, and the rest were placed in the red tin. If 14 of all the cookies were placed in the blue tin, what fraction of the cookies that were placed in the other tins were placed in the green tin?

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A batch of cookies was divided among 3 tins:

\frac{2}{3}

of all the cookies were placed in either the blue or the green tin, and the rest were placed in the red tin. If

\frac{1}{4}

of all the cookies were placed in the blue tin, what fraction of the cookies that were placed in the other tins were placed in the green tin?

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