you make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends your brother eats 1/3 of the event before they come over. you want to divide the leftover salad evenly among six friends what expression describes the situation
(1 - 1/3)/6 of the original salad for each of the 6 friends
or, think of it this way:
divide the original into 9 equal parts
brother eats 3 of those or 1/3 of the salad
leaving you with 6 pieces of the original 9
or 1/9 for each of the 6 friends
A.1-1/3/6
B.1/6
The expression that describes the situation is:
(1 - 1/3) * x / 6
where x represents the original quantity of the salad.
The expression that describes the situation is:
(1 - 1/3) * 1/6
To understand how this expression was derived, let's break down the problem step by step.
First, you make a large bowl of salad. Let's assume the initial amount of salad in the bowl is represented by the fraction 1/1.
Next, your brother eats 1/3 of the salad before your friends come over. To calculate the amount of salad that is left, we subtract 1/3 of the original amount from the original amount:
(1/1) - (1/3) = 2/3
So, after your brother eats, there are 2/3 of the salad remaining.
Now, you want to divide the leftover salad equally among six friends. To find out how much each friend will receive, we divide the remaining salad by the number of friends:
(2/3) รท 6
Simplifying this expression gives us:
(2/3) * (1/6) = 2/18
So, the expression (1 - 1/3) * 1/6 describes the situation, where 1/3 represents the amount your brother ate, and 1/6 represents the equal share that each friend will receive from the remaining salad.