The Garden Center sells grass seeds by 100 pound bins. If Anya purchased $\frac { 6 } { 7 }$ of a bin for her yard, but only used 3/4 of the seeds, she would have 3/14 of a bin left.

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The Garden Center sells grass seeds by 100 pound bins. If Anya purchased $\frac { 6 } { 7 }$ of a bin for her yard, but only used 3/4 of the seeds, she would have 3/14 of a bin left.
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Anya purchased $\frac{6}{7}$ of a bin and used $\frac{3}{4}$ of what she purchased, so she used $\frac{6}{7} \times \frac{3}{4} = \frac{18}{28} = \frac{9}{14}$ of a bin. Therefore, she has $\frac{6}{7} - \frac{9}{14} = \frac{12}{14} - \frac{9}{14} = \frac{3}{14}$ of a bin left.

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