Ashley uses 1/4 package of raisins for fruit cake. She then uses 1/9 of the remainder for the muffins.What fraction of the package of raisins does she have left?
My answer is 2/3. 4/4-1/4=3/4(remainder). then 3/4 x 1/9= 1/12 (muffins)then 3/4-1/12=2/3(left) Is it correct?
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Yes, your answer is correct.
To arrive at the answer, you correctly determined that Ashley uses 1/4 of the package of raisins for the fruit cake, leaving 3/4 of the package remaining.
Then, she uses 1/9 of the remaining 3/4 for the muffins. To find this fraction, you multiplied 3/4 by 1/9, which equals 3/36. Simplifying this further, 3/36 becomes 1/12.
Finally, to find out how much of the package of raisins she has left, you subtracted 1/12 from 3/4. This calculation gives us 9/12 - 1/12, which equals 8/12. Simplifying this fraction further, we get 2/3.
Therefore, Ashley has 2/3 of the package of raisins left after making the fruit cake and muffins.