Half of a round cake was given away (dashed part). The other half was cut into equal pieces, and Dev takes the orange ones. What fraction of the whole cake does Dev take?

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1/3. The remaining half is cut into 3 equal pieces and Dev takes 2, i.e. 23 of the half: 23 × 12 = 13 of the cake.

Half of a round cake was given away (dashed part). The other half was cut into equal pieces, and Dev takes the orange ones. What fraction of the whole cake does Dev take?

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