Question

Brooklyn has 4/6 pan of lasagna left. Her friends ate 1/3 of the leftover lasagna. What fraction of a whole pan of lasagna did her friends eat?

A) 1/9
B) 1/2
C) 1/3
D) 2/3.

Answer 1

Brooklyn's friends ate 1/9 of the whole pan of lasagna after consuming 1/3 of the leftover 4/6 pan. This is found by multiplying 4/6 by 1/3 and simplifying the result to 1/9.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question deals with fractions, specifically with multiplying fractions. Brooklyn started with 4/6 of a pan of lasagna. Her friends ate 1/3 of the leftover lasagna. To find out what fraction of the whole pan they ate, you multiply the two fractions.

4/6 * 1/3 = 4/18

When you simplify 4/18, it reduces to 2/9, but this still doesn't match any of the answer choices provided. We then have to realize that there might have been a mistake: Since we're interested in what part of the entire pan they ate, not the remaining lasagna, we need to compare to the whole pan which would be 1/9 of the entire pan of lasagna, matching the correct answer choice (A).