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Joe had 5/6 of a pizza leftover from last night's dinner. he ate 2/3 of the leftover pizza for lunch. what fraction of the whole pizza did Joe have for lunch?

Option 1: 5/9
Option 2: 1/9
Option 3: 1/2
Option 4: 1/3

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Final answer:

Joe ate 5/9 of the whole pizza for lunch after consuming 2/3 of the 5/6 that was remaining.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student asked how much of the whole pizza Joe had for lunch if he ate 2/3 of the 5/6 of a pizza that was left over. To find the fraction of the whole pizza that Joe ate for lunch, we multiply the two fractions: 5/6 × 2/3. Multiplying the numerators together (5 × 2) gives us 10, and multiplying the denominators together (6 × 3) gives us 18. Simplifying the resulting fraction (10/18) by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2, we get 5/9. Therefore, Joe had 5/9 of the whole pizza for lunch.

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