Angie and her friends ate #3/4# of a pizza. Her brother Joe ate #2/3# of what was left. How much of the original pizza did Joe eat?

1 Answer
Jan 8, 2016

Joe ate #1/6# of the original pizza

Explanation:

The whole pizza is the unit #1#

Angie and her friends ate #3/4# of the pizza,

then they left:

#1-3/4=(4-3)/4=1/4#

Joe ate the #2/3# of #1/4#

then

#2/3 *1/4=#

semplifying

#=cancel(2)^1/cancel(12)^6=1/6#