Angie and her friends ate 3/4 of a pizza. her brother ate 2/3 of what was left. how much of the original pizza did how eat?
Mathematics · Middle School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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Given the statement:
Angie and her friends ate 3/4 of a pizza. her brother ate 2/3 of what was left.
Determine how much of the original pizza was consumed.
Solution:
In order to determine how much of the original pizza was consumed we simply add ¾ and ⅔.. Since we do not have a similar denominator, we simply need to multiply ¾ by 3 on its numerator and denominator. For ⅔ we multiply the numerator and denominator by 4.
= ¾ ( 3/3)
=9/12
= ⅔ ( 4/4)
= 8/12
Now we can add the two fractions together.
= 9/12 + 8/12
=17/12
Final answer:
17/12 of the pizza was consumed.