Question

At a restaurant, 5/8 of tye customers who ordered dessert chose apple pie, and 1/3 chose cherry pie. The rest of the customers who ordered dessert chose ice cream. What fraction of the customers who ordered dessert chose ice cream?

A. 1/24
B. 2/8
C. 5/11
D. 4/5

Answer 1

5/8 = 15/24

1/3 = 8/24

15 + 8 =23/24 customers chose pie as a dessert, leaving 1/24 who ordered ice cream. The answer is A.

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