Question

In Example 1, find the fraction of a whole pan that Tom ate if he started with of a pan. a whole pan a 7 of lasagna that Tom ate if he started with of 8 a pan.

Answer 1

Tom ate 12.5% of a whole pan.

Explanation:

To find the fraction of a whole pan that Tom ate, we need to determine the fraction of lasagna that he consumed.

In this case, Tom started with 7/8 of a pan.

To find the fraction of a whole pan that Tom ate, we can calculate the difference between what he started with (7/8) and what he has left.

Since the whole pan represents 1, we can subtract the fraction he has left from 1 to find the fraction he ate:

1 - 7/8 = 8/8 - 7/8 = 1/8

Therefore, Tom ate 1/8 of a whole pan.

Alternatively, if we want to express the fraction he ate as a percentage, we can convert 1/8 to a decimal and then multiply by 100:

(1/8) * 100 = 12.5%

Thus,

Tom ate 12.5% of a whole pan.