Lovely cuts her birthday cake into 12 equal pieces. Only one-fourth of the cake was eaten by her visitors and the rest were kept. How many slices of cake were kept? Let's think step by step and output the final answer after "####".
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12/4 = <<12/4=3>>3 slices of cake were eaten by Lovely's visitors.
So, 12 - 3 = <<12-3=9>>9 slices of cake were kept.
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Lovely cuts her birthday cake into 12 equal pieces. Only one-fourth of the cake was eaten by her visitors and the rest were kept. How many slices of cake were kept?
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