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.