Two friends cut a large candy bar into equal pieces Harriet ate 1/4 of the pieces nisha ate 1/2 of the remaining pieces 6 pieces were left over how many pieces was the candy bar originally divided into

Harriet 1/4

nisha (1/2)(3/4) = 3/8

1/4 + 3/8 = 5/8 so 3/8 is left
(3/8)n = 6
n = 16

I do not know

Dysthymia a

To find out how many pieces the candy bar was originally divided into, we can work backwards and use the given information.

Let's start by defining some variables:
Let x be the number of pieces the candy bar was originally divided into.

According to the problem, Harriet ate 1/4 of the pieces. So, after Harriet ate, there were (1 - 1/4) = 3/4 of the pieces remaining.

Then, Nisha ate 1/2 of the remaining pieces. This means that after Nisha ate, there were (1 - 1/2) = 1/2 of the pieces remaining.

Finally, we know that there were 6 pieces left over. So, 1/2 of the pieces is equal to 6.

Now, let's set up the equation and solve for x:

(1/2) * x = 6

To solve the equation, we can multiply both sides by 2 to get rid of the fraction:

x = 6 * 2

x = 12

Therefore, the candy bar was originally divided into 12 pieces.

Sorry what is n represent as?