To find the number of people who ate pumpkin pie, we need to find 1/8 of 24 people.
1/8 * 24 = 3 people.
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
Of the 24 people at the Thanksgiving dinner, 1/8 of the people ate pumpkin pie, 1/2 ate cherry pie, 1/4 ate pecan pie, and 1/8 ate apple pie. How many people ate pumpkin pie?
1/8 * 24 = 3 people.
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
To calculate, we divide the total number of people (24) by 8:
24 รท 8 = 3
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
First, let's calculate the fraction of people who ate pumpkin pie. We know that 1/8 of the people ate pumpkin pie. To find out how many people this represents, we can multiply the fraction 1/8 by the total number of people (24).
1/8 * 24 = 24/8 = 3
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
Now, let's simplify this fraction to its lowest terms. The fraction 3/24 can be reduced by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3.
3/24 = 1/8
So, in lowest terms, 1/8 of the people at the Thanksgiving dinner ate pumpkin pie.