Question

$\text{A person eats}\frac{7}{8}\text{parts of a pizza and}$ $\text{another person eat}\frac{2}{8}\text{parts of the pizza.}$

What is difference between the amounts of pizza eaten by both of them?

• A. $\frac{5}{8}$
• B. $\frac{3}{8}$
• C. $\frac{4}{8}$
• D. $\frac{1}{8}$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $\frac{5}{8}$

$\text{Pizza eat by first person}=\frac{7}{8}$
$\text{Pizza eat by second person}=\frac{2}{8}$

Difference = Pizza eatten by the first person - Pizza eatten by the second person
$=\frac{7}{8}-\frac{2}{8}$
$=\frac{7-2}{8}$
$=\frac{5}{8}$

Therefore, the difference between the amounts of pizza eaten by both of $\text{them is}\frac{5}{8}.$