ginny baked a delicious apple pie. john ate 1/4. then aldo ate 1/2 of what was left. how much pie was left over

but the anser it 3/8

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I'm sorry -- but I didn't read the problem carefully.

4/4 - 1/4 = 3/4

1/2 * 3/4 = 3/8
why do you multiply by half