Phil baked two kinds of pies. Each pie pan was the same size. He served 1/2 of the blueberry pie. He served 1/4 of the apple pie

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Phil baked two kinds of pies. Each pie pan was the same size. He served 1/2 of the blueberry pie. He served 1/4 of the apple pie

. If each pie had 8 pieces to start, what fraction in eighths of the apple pie did he serve? How many more pieces of the blueberry pie than the apple pie did he serve? --Please help!

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s344n2d4d5 [400] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-29T19:55:38+03:00

s344n2d4d5 [400]3 years ago

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Phil served 2/8 of an apple pie because in order to have a common denominator, you need to multiply 1/4 by 2/2.
Phil served 2 more pieces of blueberry than apple pie because 1/2(4/4) = 4/8, and 4/8 - 2/8 = 2/8.

dlinn [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-29T21:37:20+03:00

Answer:

2/8; 2

Step-by-step explanation:

There were 8 pieces of each pie. Since he served 1/4 of the apple pie, this means he served

1/4(8) = 1/4(8/1) = 8/4 = 2 pieces of apple pie. This is 2 out of 8 pieces, or 2/8.

He served 1/2 of the blueberry pie; this is

1/2(8) = 1/2(8/1) = 8/2 = 4 pieces of blueberry pie. This is 4-2 = 2 more pieces than apple.