Question

Tina has 1/2 of a pan of cornbread left from a dinner party. She eats 1/2 of the leftover part the next night. How much of the whole pan does tina eat? Write and solve this equation

Answer 1

Answer:

Tina ate 3/4 of the whole pan of cornbread.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the amount of cornbread in the initial pan be x.

After the dinner party, Tina has 1/2 of x left; That is 1/2x

If she eats 1/2 of the leftover, that will be 1/2 of 1/2x that is eaten. This will be 1/4x that is eaten.

To find the potion of the whole pan that Tina ate, we will add the potion she ate during the party to the portion of the leftover she ate the next night.

That will be 1/2x + 1/4x =3/4x

Therefore, Tina ate 3/4 of the whole pan of cornbread.