Ted did one-third of the homework on Wednesday. He did half of the remaining homework on Thursday. How much of the homework he did on Thursday?

Question

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Answer 1

a = total amount of homework to be done

 

On Wed, he did a/3.  That leaves (1 - 1/3)a = 2a/3 to be done.  He did half of that on Th, which is

 

(1/2)(2a/3) = a/3,

 

so he did 1/3 of the total homework on Th.