A black and white drawing shows four circles of equal radius. Three of the circles are each divided into k equal parts, where k>5. The fourth circle is divided into k-4 equal parts. A child colors one of the k parts in each of the three circles, and one of the k-4 parts in the fourth circle. What part of a whole circle did the child color?

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