Two friends went out for lunch and decided to share the dessert. One of them ate one half12 of the dessert, and the other ate one third13 of the remaining part. What fraction of the dessert was left over?

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Answer:

1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

1- 1/2 = 1/2

1/2- 1/3 = 1/6

The fractional part which left after eat half and then one third of rest is 1/3.

Fraction:

Fraction is mathematical representation of any number that distribute over some numbers

Ex: 3/7 represent 3 is distributed in 7 equally parts.

How to simplify the fraction?

One friend is eat 1/2 of the dessert

then rest part will be = 1 - 1/2 = 1/2

Now second friend eat one third of 1/2

that is 1/3*1/2 = 1/6 eats

Then the remaining part is

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

Hence the final answer is 1/3

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