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2/3 = 8/12
1/4 = 4/12

You start with 8/12 and eat 4/12 so 4/12 (or one quarter) remains.

Answer:  The fraction of the bag that left is \(\dfrac{5}{12}.\)

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that there is a \(\dfrac{2}{3}\) of a bag of jelly jeans and Danny ate \(\dfrac{1}[4}\) of the bag last night.

We are to find the fraction of the bag that left.

Let A be the fraction of the bag that is full of jelly beans and B be the fraction of the bag that Danny ate last night.

Then, according to the given information, we have

\(A=\dfrac{2}{3},~~~B=\dfrac{1}{4}.\)

Therefore, the fraction of the bag that left is given by

\(L=A-B=\dfrac{2}{3}-\dfrac{1}{4}=\dfrac{8-3}{12}=\dfrac{5}{12}.\)

Thus, the fraction of the bag that left is \(\dfrac{5}{12}.\)