Maggie has 3/4 apple .She eats 1/2 of it.What fraction of the apple does eat
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(3/4)(1/2) = 3/8
To find out what fraction of the apple Maggie ate, we need to subtract 1/2 (the fraction she ate) from 3/4 (the fraction she had initially).
1/2 - 3/4
To subtract fractions, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, the smallest common denominator is 4, since it is the lowest multiple of both 2 and 4.
So, let's convert both fractions to have a common denominator of 4:
1/2 = (1/2) x (2/2) = 2/4
3/4 = (3/4) x (4/4) = 12/16
Now we can subtract the fractions:
2/4 - 12/16
Since the denominators are the same, we can subtract the numerators directly:
2 - 12 = -10
So, the fraction Maggie ate is -10/16.
But since fractions represent parts of a whole, we cannot have a negative fraction. Therefore, we can't say that Maggie ate -10/16 of an apple.
In this case, it means that Maggie actually ate more than the whole apple, which is not possible. There might be a mistake in the problem statement or some additional information missing.