Final answer:
Seana has 2/3 quart of blackberries left after eating 1/12 quart from the 3/4 quart she originally picked, after reducing the fraction.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out how much blackberries Seana has left after eating some, we'll perform a subtraction operation using fractions. Seana picked 3/4 quart of blackberries and ate 1/12 quart. To handle the fractions, we'll first need to find a common denominator, which in this case is 12.
Now, we're going to convert 3/4 to a fraction with a denominator of 12. To do this, we multiply both the numerator (3) and the denominator (4) by 3, getting 9/12.
Subtract the amount eaten from the total amount picked:
- Amount picked: 9/12 quart
- Amount eaten: 1/12 quart
We subtract 1/12 from 9/12, yielding:
9/12 - 1/12 = 8/12 quart of blackberries left
This fraction can be reduced by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4 in this case.
So, 8/12 divided by 4/4 gives us:
2/3 quart of blackberries remaining after Seana ate some.