SOLUTION: Bill has a bag of apples. He gives 3/4 of the apples in the bag to Joe.Joe gives 1/3 of the apples he got to Millie. Millie gives half the apples she got to Kim. What fraction of t
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Question 326340: Bill has a bag of apples. He gives 3/4 of the apples in the bag to Joe.Joe gives 1/3 of the apples he got to Millie. Millie gives half the apples she got to Kim. What fraction of the original bag did Kim get?
A 1/4 B 1/12 C -1/12 D 1/8 E 1/6
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Bill has x apples
he gives 3/4 to joe.
joe has 3x/4 apples.
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Joe gives 1/3 of 3x/4 to millie
=3x/12= x/4
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millie gives 1/2 of x/4 to kim
=x/8
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Initially there were x apples
kim has x/8 apples
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their ratio = 1/8 is the fraction Kim has of the original bag.
