You cut off half of a strip of paper. Then you cut off half of the piece that is left. Then you cut off half of the remaining piece.
What fraction of the original strip is left?
CLEAR CHECK
16
12
14
18
this is for imagine math I have no clue of what I am doing
1/8
1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = ?
the fraction lines seem to be missing from the answers
To determine the fraction of the original strip that is left, we need to understand the pattern of cutting described in the problem.
Let's consider the initial strip as a whole. After cutting off half of the strip, we have half of the original strip remaining. If we were to represent this fraction mathematically, it would be 1/2 or 0.5.
Next, we cut off half of the remaining piece. This means we are cutting off half of 0.5, which results in 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25. So, we are left with one-fourth of the original strip.
Finally, we cut off half of the remaining piece again. We are now cutting off half of the 0.25, resulting in 0.25 * 0.5 = 0.125. Therefore, we are left with one-eighth of the original strip.
To summarize, after cutting off half of the strip three times, we are left with one-eighth of the original strip. So, the correct answer is 1/8, which corresponds to option 12.