Total balloons = 12
Let x = # of green balloons
12 = 5+3+x
12 = 8+x
x= 4
# of green balloons/total balloons = 4/12 = 1/3
1/3 of the balloons are green.
Lily has 12 balloons. 5 are blue, 3 are red and the rest are green. What fractions of the balloons is green? Give your answer in its simplest form.
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