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Ellen baked 22 dozen cupcakes of which half contained chocolate, two-thirds contained raisins, one-fourth contained chocolate chips, and one-sixth contained nuts. What is the largest possible number of cupcakes that had none of these ingredients?
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Ellen baked 2 dozen cupcakes of which half contained chocolate, two-thirds contained raisins, one-fourth contained chocolate chips, and one-sixth contained nuts.  What is the largest possible number of cupcakes that had none of these ingredients?
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Ellen baked $2$ dozen cupcakes of which half contained chocolate, two-thirds contained raisins, one-fourth contained chocolate chips, and one-sixth contained nuts.  What is the largest possible number of cupcakes that had none of these ingredients?

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Prealgebra

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