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Grant has 2/3 cup of ice cream in a bowl. He then removes two 1/6 cups of ice cream to share with his little brother. Which of the following best explains the amount of ice cream left in Grant's bowl?

 

Options to pick below! 

 

(A) 2/6, because 2/3-2*(1/6)=2/3-3/6,

(B) 2/6 because  2/3-2*(1/6)=2/3-2/6,

(C) 1/6 because 2/3-2*(1/6)=2/3-3/6,

(D) 1/6 because 2/3-2*(1/6)=2/3-2/6   

 

Please help Thankyou! 

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 Jul 25, 2019
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2/3 - 2 (1/6) = 2/3 - 2/6

                    = 4/6 - 2/6 = 2/6 = 1/3

 Jul 25, 2019
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Thanks EP so what Letter would it be 

 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

 

Not to be rude 

Nickolas  Jul 25, 2019
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Oh (B) 

Nickolas  Jul 25, 2019
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You want to make both denomiator's in this problem the same, So you have: \(\frac{2}{3} - \frac{2}{6} = ?\)We can find the LCM

 

(Least common mulitple) of these numbers, which is 6 because 6*1 = 6 and 3*2 = 6 So now we know we have \(\frac{2}{6}\)but we need to change \(\frac{2}{3}\) to a denomiator of 6, we

 

can do this by simply changing it to six and to find the numerator we divde 6 by 3 and then multiply the quotient by the numerator of 2/3 which is to

 

so 2*2 is equal to 4 so now we have \(\frac{4}{6}-\frac{2}{6}=\frac{2}{6}\) 

 

 

So now we know \(\frac{2}{6}\) is or answer. whic reduces to \(\frac{1}{3}\)

 Jul 25, 2019
edited by Guest  Jul 25, 2019
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So (B)? 

Nickolas  Jul 25, 2019
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Well I'm leaving this in your judgemnet to figure that part out. we have presented how to solve for the solution.

HiylinLink  Jul 25, 2019
edited by HiylinLink  Jul 25, 2019
edited by HiylinLink  Jul 25, 2019
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Im altough not sure! 

Nickolas  Jul 25, 2019

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