document.write( "Question 1146002: Three student shared a bag of rice such that the first took 1/4 and the second took 3/4 of the remainder what fraction of bag of rice did the third take. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The first student took 1/4 bag.\r\n" );
document.write( "1 bag minus 1/4 bag = 4/4-1/4 bag = 3/4 bag which was the remainder\r\n" );
document.write( "The second student took 3/4 of that remainder of 3/4 bag, \r\n" );
document.write( "and 3/4 of 3/4 bag is (3/4)×(3/4 bag) = 9/16 bag.\r\n" );
document.write( "3/4 bag minus 9/16 bag = 3/4-9/16 bag = 12/16-9/16 bag = 3/16 bag.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 3/16 bag.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Checking by adding the fractions of a bag that each got:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1/4+9/16+3/16 bag = 4/16+9/16+3/16 bag = 16/16 = 1 bag \r\n" );
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