Question

noreen made 8 2/3 cups of snack mix for a party. her guest ate 3/4 of the mix. how much snack mix did her guest eat?

Answer 1

noreen made 8 and 2/3 cups which after solving becomes 8.666
now the guest ate 3/4 which means 3/4 of 8.66 which is 6.50 which means the guest ate 6 1/2 cups

Answer 2

`6(1)/(2)\text{ cups}`

Explanation:

Given,

Total snake mix for the party =
`8(2)/(3)` cups =
`(26)/(3)` cups,

Also, the part of total mix eaten by the guest =
`(3)/(4)`

Thus, the total mix eaten by them = part of mix eaten by them × total mix

=
`(3)/(4)* (26)/(3)`

`=(26)/(4)`

`=6(2)/(4)`

`=6(1)/(2)\text{ cups}`