Erica had 7/8 of a pizza left. Her friend ate 1/6 f the pizza that was left. What fraction of the whole pizza did her friend eat?
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(7/8)/6=7/(6*8)=7/48
To find out what fraction of the whole pizza Erica's friend ate, we need to subtract the fraction Erica had left after her friend ate from the whole pizza.
Erica had 7/8 of a pizza left.
Her friend ate 1/6 of what was left.
First, we need to determine what fraction of the pizza Erica's friend ate from the initial whole pizza.
Erica had 7/8 of a pizza left after her friend ate.
We can represent this as (7/8 - 1/6) of the whole pizza.
To subtract fractions, we need a common denominator, which in this case is 24.
7/8 = (7/8) * (3/3) = 21/24
1/6 = (1/6) * (4/4) = 4/24
Subtracting: 21/24 - 4/24 = 17/24
Therefore, Erica's friend ate 17/24 of the whole pizza.
To find the fraction of the whole pizza that Erica's friend ate, we need to subtract the fraction of the pizza left after Erica from the whole pizza.
Erica had 7/8 of the pizza left, so this means 1 - 7/8 = 1/8 of the pizza was eaten by Erica.
Now, her friend ate 1/6 of the pizza that was left after Erica, which is 1/6 of 1/8. To find the fraction, we multiply these two fractions: (1/6) * (1/8) = 1/48.
Therefore, Erica's friend ate 1/48 of the whole pizza.