SOLUTION: James Caleb and Abigail bought a pizza. James ate 1//6 of the pizza and Caleb ate 1/4 of the pizza.
What fraction of the pizza did james and Caleb eat together? I got 5/12
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Question 735855: James Caleb and Abigail bought a pizza. James ate 1//6 of the pizza and Caleb ate 1/4 of the pizza.
What fraction of the pizza did james and Caleb eat together? I got 5/12
Abigail ate 2/5 of the pizza that was remaining. What fraction of the original whole pizza did Abigail eat?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
James Caleb and Abigail bought a pizza. James ate 1//6 of the pizza and Caleb ate 1/4 of the pizza.
What fraction of the pizza did james and Caleb eat together? I got 5/12
Correct
So there was 7/12 remaining.
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Abigail ate 2/5 of the pizza that was remaining.
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What fraction of the original whole pizza did Abigail eat?
She ate (2/5)(7/12 of the original)= 7/30 of the original area
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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