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