Jared made 12 3/4 cups of snack mix for a party. His guests ate 2/3 of the mix. How much snack mix did his guests eat?

1 Answer
Jul 7, 2017

8 1/2 cups

Explanation:

For this we need to determine what 2/3 of 12 3/4 is, so we multiply the fractions together.

2/3 * 12 3/4
2/3 * 51/4
(cancel(2)1)/(cancel(3)1) * (cancel(51)17)/(cancel(4)2)

17/2
8 1/2

So this is your answer.