To find the fractional portion of cookies that Skyler still needs to decorate, we need to determine how many cookies he has left to decorate out of the total he made.
- Total cookies made: 23
- Cookies decorated: 14
Now, we calculate the remaining cookies that still need to be decorated:
\[ \text{Remaining cookies} = \text{Total cookies} - \text{Cookies decorated} = 23 - 14 = 9 \]
Next, we need to express the remaining cookies as a fraction of the total cookies made:
\[ \text{Fraction of remaining cookies} = \frac{\text{Remaining cookies}}{\text{Total cookies}} = \frac{9}{23} \]
None of the given responses match \(\frac{9}{23}\). Let's check each option to see if they might denote the same value, but it appears that \(\frac{9}{23}\) does not simplify to any of the choices:
- \( \frac{3}{7} \) = approximately 0.42857
- \( \frac{1}{2} \) = 0.5
- \( \frac{11}{12} \) = approximately 0.91667
- \( \frac{5}{12} \) = approximately 0.41667
Thus, based on the calculations, the fractional portion remaining that Skyler still needs to decorate is \( \frac{9}{23} \), which is not represented in the answer options. Therefore, it seems there may be an error in the options given. If the responses were intended to be different, clarification would be needed.
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