Question

the sweet slice pie shop sells organic pies with locally - sourced ingredients. one night after work, lester brings home part of a bumbleberry pie to share between his mom, dad, sister, and himself. lester cuts the leftover pie into 4 equal parts, and each family member gets 1/6 of a whole pie. use an equation to find the total amount of pie that lester brings home. to write a fraction, use a slash (/) to separate the numerator and denominator. of a pie

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the relationship

Let the total amount of pie Lester brings home be \(x\). He cuts it into 4 equal parts, and each part is \(\frac{1}{6}\) of a whole pie. So the equation is \(x\div4=\frac{1}{6}\).

Step2: Solve the equation

According to the rule of division \(x\div4=\frac{1}{6}\), we can rewrite it as \(x = \frac{1}{6}\times4\).

$$x=\frac{1\times4}{6}=\frac{4}{6}=\frac{2}{3}$$

Answer:

\(\frac{2}{3}\)