Mom was teaching Monica to cook. She was learning how to crack open eggs to place in a recipe. She was able to crack open 4 out of 12 eggs without breaking the yolk. What fraction in simplest form would represent how many of the yolks did break when she was cracking open the eggs?
since 4 of the eggs cracked 4 would be the numerator. There are 12 eggs thhat would be denominator. it wants simplest form so 4/12 simplified would be 1/3. The fraction would be 1/3! I hope this makes sense :)
wait im soorry i read the question wrong its 8/12 simplified which is 2/3
To find the fraction that represents the number of yolks that broke, we need to determine the numerator and denominator.
The numerator represents the number of yolks that broke, which is the part of the whole. We can calculate this by subtracting the number of eggs that were cracked successfully from the total number of eggs. In this case, Monica cracked open 4 eggs without breaking the yolk, so the number of broken yolks is 12 - 4 = 8.
The denominator represents the total number of eggs. In this case, the total number of eggs is 12.
Therefore, the fraction representing the number of broken yolks is 8/12.
To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4 in this case.
Dividing 8 by 4 gives us 2, and dividing 12 by 4 gives us 3.
So, the fraction 8/12 simplifies to 2/3.