Question

I need help ASAP!! In a cookie jar, ¼ of the cookies are chocolate chip and ½of the rest are peanut butter. What fraction of all the cookies is peanut butter? Draw a fraction model to explain your thinking. Then write an expression and solve. WORTH 15 POINTS!!!!!!

Answer 1

The
`(3)/(8)` of the cookies are peanut butter.

Explanation:

It is given that in a cookie jar,
`(1)/(4)` of the cookies are chocolate chip and
`(1)/(2)` of the rest are peanut butter.

Since
`(1)/(4)` of the cookies are chocolate chip, therefore the reaming part is

`1-(1)/(4)=(4-1)/(4)=(3)/(4)`

Since
`(1)/(2)` of the rest are peanut butter, therefore the part cookies that is peanut butter is calculated as,

`(3)/(4)* (1)/(2)=(3)/(8)`

Therefore the required expression is
`(3)/(4)* (1)/(2)` or
`(1-(1)/(4))* (1)/(2)`. So,
`(3)/(8)` of the cookies are peanut butter.