an artist buys a rectangular piece of paper for his artwork. he cuts the piece of paper into 8 equal strips. he uses 6 strips of paper and keeps the rest. what fraction of the rectangular piece of paper did he use?
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To find out what fraction of the rectangular piece of paper the artist used, we need to understand the relationship between the number of strips used and the total number of strips.
First, we know that the artist bought a rectangular piece of paper. Let's assume the rectangular piece of paper can be divided into eight equal strips horizontally.
The artist cut the rectangular piece of paper into 8 equal strips. Therefore, the total number of strips is 8.
Out of these 8 strips, the artist used 6 strips. So, the number of strips used is 6.
To find the fraction, we can express the number of strips used (6) as a fraction of the total number of strips (8).
Therefore, the fraction of the rectangular piece of paper that the artist used is 6/8.
This fraction can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.
So, 6/8 can be simplified to 3/4.
Hence, the artist used 3/4 or three-fourths of the rectangular piece of paper for his artwork.