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You have 3434 of a pie leftover after your party. Each guest takes home 1616 of the leftover pie.

What fraction of the original pie does each guest take home?

User Gorums
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did you mean 3/4 and 1/6?
the word "of" in math often times can be replaced with a "×"
1/6 of the leftover means 1/6×the leftover, and the leftover is 3/4 of the original, the original is all of the pie, which is 1, so: 1/6 ×3/4×1=3/24=1/8
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