Four friends are sharing a pizza. One friend eats half of the pizza. The other three friends equally divide the rest among themselves. What portion of the pizza did each of the other three friends receive?

Rationale

Each of the other three friends received 1/6 of the pizza.

After one friend ate half of the pizza, the remaining half was equally divided among the other three friends. Therefore, each of these three friends received one-third of the remaining half, which equates to 1/6 of the entire pizza.

A (06-Jan) YOUR ANSWER

This option is incorrect. The fraction of 1/6 represents the correct share of the pizza that each of the three friends received after the first friend ate half of it.

B (04-Jan) YOUR ANSWER

This option is incorrect. If the pizza was divided equally among all four friends, then each friend would receive 1/4 of the pizza. However, in this scenario, one friend ate half of the pizza, leaving the remaining half to be divided equally among the other three friends.

C (03-Jan) YOUR ANSWER

This option is incorrect. If the pizza was divided equally among the three friends after the first friend ate half of it, then each of the three friends would receive 1/3 of the remaining half pizza, not 1/3 of the entire pizza.

D (06-Jan) CORRECT

Each of the three friends received 1/6 of the pizza. After the first friend ate half of the pizza, the remaining half was divided equally among the other three friends. Each friend therefore received 1/3 of the remaining half, which equates to 1/6 of the entire pizza.

Conclusion

The question describes a scenario where one friend ate half of a pizza, and the remaining half was divided equally among three other friends. Therefore, each of these three friends received 1/3 of the remaining half, which is equivalent to 1/6 of the entire pizza. The other options of 1/4 and 1/3 do not correctly represent the share of the pizza that each of the remaining three friends received.

Four friends are sharing a pizza. One friend eats half of the pizza. The other three friends equally divide the rest among themselves. What portion of the pizza did each of the other three friends receive?

Each of the other three friends received 1/6 of the pizza.

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