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I would try to explain semantics of addition (without the word “semantics” of course). I would say, in the first group 1/3 is the girl so if we take out one boy and replace it with another 1/3 (another girl), the resulting proportion is 2/3. Once we mix both groups, that is not what “plus” is.


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