valarie makes 2 pans of brownies for a bake sale. She cuts each pan into 12 brownies. She sell 15 brownies. What fractional part of a pan of brownies did valarie sell?
To find the fractional part of a pan of brownies that Valarie sold, we need to determine how many brownies one pan contains. Since Valarie cuts each pan into 12 brownies and she made 2 pans, she has a total of 2 x 12 = 24 brownies.
Now, to calculate the fractional part that Valarie sold, we divide the number of brownies sold by the total number of brownies. In this case, since Valarie sold 15 brownies, we divide 15 by 24: 15/24.
To simplify this fraction, we can find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator, which is 3. Dividing both the numerator and denominator by 3 gives us 15/24 = 5/8.
Therefore, Valarie sold 5/8 of a pan of brownies.