Tom ate 3/8 of a pizza, and his brother ate 2/5 of the remainder. What fraction of the pizza was left?

3/8 is left

Step-by-step explanation:

Tom ate 3/8 of the pizza

Take 1 - 3/8

8/8 - 3/8 = 5/8

5/8 of the pizza is left

The brother at 2/5 of the remainder

5/8  * 2/5

2/8

1/4

His brother at 1/4 of the  of the pizza

5/8 - 1/4

5/8 - 2/8

3/8 is left

answer: bea's uncle is 25 years old.

step-by-step explanation:

given the equation , we can say that the variable "x" represents the age of bea's uncle. then to find his age, we need to solve for "x":

we must add 15 to both sides of the equation:

now we need to divide both sides of the equation by 3:

therefore, we can conclude that bea's uncle is 25 years old.