Question

Jonathan is making his favorite pasta dish. He serves his mom 1/12 of the pot of pasta and his brother 1/6 of the pot. How much of the pot is left over?

Answer 1

1/6 also is 2/12. So, there is 9/12 of the pasta left.

Answer 2

Answer:
`(1)/(4)` of the pot is left.

Explanation:

Let x be the total amount of pasta in the pot .

Then the amount of pasta her mother got=
`(1)/(12)x`

The amount of pasta her brother got=
`(1)/(6)x`

The total amount of pasta he serve=
`(1)/(12)x+(1)/(6)x`

First convert them in like fractions,then

The total amount of pasta he serve=
`(1)/(12)x+(2)/(12)x=(x+2x)/(12)=(3x)/(12)=(1)/(4)x`

Hence,
`(1)/(4)` of the pot is left over.