Question

Andres eats 2/3 of a bag of chips today at lunch time.Tommorow he will eat 1/2 of the left over with lunch.How much of the whole bag of chips will he eat in total

Answer 1

`(5)/(6)` part of the whole bag of chips he will eat in total.

Explanation:

Given:

Part of chips eaten today = 2/3

Part of chips to be eaten tomorrow = 1/2 of the left over.

Now, considering the whole part be 1.

So, part left over =
`1-(2)/(3)=(3-2)/(3)=(1)/(3)`

Now, part of chips to be eaten tomorrow =
`(1)/(2)* (1)/(3)=(1)/(6)`

Now, total part eaten is the sum of parts eaten today and tomorrow. So,

Total part eaten =
`(2)/(3)+(1)/(6)`

Adding by making the denominator same, we have

Total part eaten =
`(2* 2)/(3* 2)+(1)/(6)`

Total part eaten =
`(4)/(6)+(1)/(6)`

Total part eaten =
`(4+1)/(6)=(5)/(6)`

Therefore,
`(5)/(6)` part of the whole bag of chips he will eat in total.