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Answer:

1/2 is the fractional part of cookie which was eaten by Dan.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dan has 2 1/2 cookies and ate 1/2, so we can just subtract the 2 1/2-1/2

which cancels out the 1/2, which is the fractional part.

He has 2 cookies left.

The fractional part that he ate will be 5/4.

What is Algebra?

The analysis of mathematical representations is algebra, and the handling of those symbols is logic.

A fraction number is a number that represents the part of the whole, where the whole can be any number. It is in the form of numerator and denominator.

Dan had 2 1/2 cookies and ate 1/2 of a cookie.

Of the original number of cookies.

Then the mixed fraction is converted into fraction.

2 1/2 = 5/2

The fractional part that he ate will be

⇒ (5/2) / 2

⇒ (5/2) x (1/2)

⇒ 5/4

The fractional part that he ate will be 5/4.

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