Question

a man bought a cake and immediately ate 1/8 of it. 6 hours later, he ate 2/5 of the remaining cake and gave 1/4 of the uneaten cake to his dog. what fraction of the cake was left​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Tom baked a cake, and Sam ate 1/6 of the cake => there is 5/6 of the cake left.

Brook took 1/5 of the remaining cake

=> (5/6)*1/5

= 1/6

Therefore Brooke ate 1/6 of the cake

=> 5/6 - 1/6

= 4/6 of the cake is left.

Hashir took 1/4 of what's left

=> 1/4 * 4/6

=> 1/6

Therefore Hashir had 1/6 of the full cake

=> 4/6 - 1/6

= 3/6

=1/2 of the cake is left.

Ben took 1/2 of what's left

=> 1/2 * 1/2

= 1/4

Therefore Ben had 1/4 of the cake

=> 1/2 - 1/4

= 1/4 of the cake is left.

Therefore , there is 1/4 of the cake left.