Question

You have 3/4 of a pie leftover after your party.Each guest takes home 1/6 of the leftover pie.What fraction of the original pie does each guest take home?

Answer 1

For this case we have left over
`\frac {3} {4}`of cake, if each of the guests is taken home
`\frac {1} {6}`of those
`\frac {3} {4}` of leftover cake we have :

`\frac {3} {4} * \frac {1} {6} = \frac {3 * 1} {4 * 6} = \frac {3} {24} = \frac {1} {8}`

Thus, we have each guest take home
`\frac {1} {8}` of the original cake.

Answer:

Each guest takes home
`\frac {1} {8}` of the original cake.