Question

Three friends share a pizza.one eighth falls on the fall and is thrown away.the remainder is shared equally..what fraction of the whole pizza does each person get?

Answer 1

If one eighth of the pizza falls, that leaves seven eights of the pizza to be shared:


`1\ (whole\ pizza) -(1)/(8)=(7)/(8)`

If the 7/8 pizza is shared between three people, then you have to divide 7/8 by 3. We know that dividing a fraction by 3 is the same as multiplying by 1/3:


`(7)/(8) / 3\\\\(7)/(8)*(1)/(3)\\\\(7*1)/(8*3)\\\\frac{7}{24}`

Therefore, each person gets 7/24 of the whole pizza.