At Mariah's birthday party, 9 of her friends ate 3/4 of her chocolate cake. How much of the cake did each friend eat?(1 point)
Responses
12
6 3/4
1/9
1 1/2
To find out how much of the cake each friend ate, we need to divide the amount of cake eaten by the number of friends. Since 9 friends ate 3/4 of the cake, we can divide 3/4 by 9 to get the amount each friend ate.
3/4 divided by 9 is equal to 1/12.
Therefore, each friend ate 1/12 of the cake.