Question

You make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends. Your brother eats 1/3 of it before they come over. What fractional portion of the original bowl of salad does each friend receive?

Answer 1

How many friends are there?

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{2}{3x}$

Where, x = total friends

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

The part of the salad has eaten = $\frac{1}{3}$

Total part of the salad = 1,

Thus, the remaining part of the salad = original part - part has eaten

$=1-\frac{1}{3}$

$=\frac{3-1}{3}$

$=\frac{2}{3}$

If there are x friends,

Then the portion of the original bowl of salad received by each friend

$=\frac{\text{Remaining part}}{\text{Total friends}}$ $=\frac{2}{3x}$