Tim and Sue share a small pizza. Tim eats 2/3 of the pizza. Sue eats half as much of the pizza as Tim does. What fraction of the pizza does Sue eat?

Respuesta :

if she ate half as much as tim that means she ate 1/3

Using the property of fraction subtraction to solve the problem. Then the pizza Sue eats is 1/3.

What is a fraction?

A fraction number is a number that represents the part of the whole, where the whole can be any number. It is in the form of numerator and denominator.

Given

Tim and Sue share a small pizza.

Tim eats 2/3 of the pizza.

Sue eats half as much of the pizza as Tim does.

Let x part of the pizza be eaten by Sue.

Pizza was eaten by Sue + Pizza was eaten by Tim = one pizza

Then the equation will be

[tex]\rm x + \dfrac{2}{3} = 1[/tex]

On solving the equation, we have

[tex]\rm x = \dfrac{1}{3}[/tex]

Thus, the pizza Sue eats is 1/3.

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