Mary made a small pan of ziti and a small pan of lasagna. she cut the ziti into 8 equal parts and the lasagna into 9 equal parts. her family ate 2/3 of the lasagna. if her family ate more lasagna than ziti what fraction of the ziti could have been eaten?

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Ashlyn Reid

Mathematics

11 July, 15:26

Mary made a small pan of ziti and a small pan of lasagna. she cut the ziti into 8 equal parts and the lasagna into 9 equal parts. her family ate 2/3 of the lasagna. if her family ate more lasagna than ziti what fraction of the ziti could have been eaten?

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Giuliana Case · Answer 1

Well, 2/3 times 9 is 6 parts of lasagna, so that means that the family must have eaten less than 6 piece of ziti; and 1/4 times 8 equals 2 parts of ziti ... so 1/4 can be your answer!