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"Answer.12= 4/6" makes no sense, 12 โ 4/6,
nor does it actually answer the question.
Jane ate 4/6 or 8/12 of the pizza.
Since the pizza had 12 slices, she ate 8 of them.
So Eric must have eaten 4 slices.
Pat and Eric bought a large pizza that has 12 slices.Jane and Eric ate all the pizza .If Jane ate 4/6 slices, how much did Eric eat? Who ate more pizza?
Answer.12= 4/6
"Answer.12= 4/6" makes no sense, 12 โ 4/6,
nor does it actually answer the question.
Jane ate 4/6 or 8/12 of the pizza.
Since the pizza had 12 slices, she ate 8 of them.
So Eric must have eaten 4 slices.
To subtract fractions, we need a common denominator. The denominator of 4/6 is 6, which is already the denominator of the whole number 12. Therefore, we can rewrite 12 as 12/1.
Now, we have 12/1 - 4/6. To subtract fractions, the denominators need to be the same. So, we need to find a common denominator for 1 and 6, which is 6.
To make the denominators of both fractions 6, we need to multiply the numerator and denominator of 12/1 by 6. This gives us (12 * 6) / (1 * 6) - 4/6.
Simplifying further, we have 72/6 - 4/6. Now that the denominators are the same, we can subtract the numerators: 72 - 4 = 68.
Therefore, Eric ate 68/6 slices of pizza.
To compare who ate more pizza, we need to convert the fractions to a common denominator. Both 12 and 68 can be divided by 4, so we can simplify 12/1 and 68/6 by dividing them both by 4.
12/1 รท 4 = 3/1
68/6 รท 4 = 17/3
So, Jane ate 3 slices of pizza, and Eric ate 17/3 slices. Comparing the fractions, we can see that 17/3 is greater than 3/1. Therefore, Eric ate more pizza.