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last night Danielle had a birthday party. 1/3 of the cake was left over.She wanted to share the left over cake with 4 friends the next day .How much of birthday cake would each get

User Oriuken
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Solution

For this case we have a total cake representing 1

We also know that 1/3 of the cake was left over so then 1/3

And we want to share to 4 friends so we can do this:

1/3 * 1/4 = 1/12

So then each friend will recieve 1/12

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