Question

Mrs. Gaston brought doughnuts to share with the other teachers. There wre 25 other teachers in the school. If the teachers ate 21/24 of the doughnuts, what fraction of the dough nuts remain?

Answer 1

Fraction of the dough nuts remains =
`(1)/(8)`

Explanation:

Let total numbers of doughnuts is = x

The doughnuts ate by the teachers =
`(21)/(24) x`

The doughnuts remains = total doughnuts - doughnuts ate by the teachers

⇒
`x - (21)/(24) x` =
`(x)/(8)`

⇒ Fraction of the doughnuts remains =
`(1)/(8)`

Therefore fraction of the dough nuts remains =
`(1)/(8)`