Vicki bought an ice cream cake cut into 6 equal pieces. Vicki, Margo,and Elena each took 2 pieces of the cake home. Vicki says she and each of her friends took 1/3 of the cake home. Is Vicki correct? And
yes
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To determine if Vicki is correct, let's break down the problem step by step.
Vicki bought an ice cream cake cut into 6 equal pieces. Vicki, Margo, and Elena each took 2 pieces of the cake home. This means a total of 6 pieces of the cake were taken.
If Vicki claims that she and each of her friends took 1/3 of the cake home, we need to calculate the fraction of the cake that each person received.
To do this, we can calculate the fraction of the cake each person took by dividing the number of pieces they took by the total number of pieces:
Vicki: 2 pieces / 6 pieces = 1/3
Margo: 2 pieces / 6 pieces = 1/3
Elena: 2 pieces / 6 pieces = 1/3
As we can see, each person received 1/3 of the cake. Therefore, Vicki is correct in saying that she and her friends took 1/3 of the cake each.