Imagine the Freeman family having a barbecue in the park with three types of food: veggie burgers, corn cobs, and mushroom caps. Let's say they have 12 items in total.
Now, if 3 out of those 12 items are veggie burgers, we can represent this as a fraction by writing it as 3/12, which simplifies to 1/4.
Similarly, if 1 out of those 12 items are corn cobs, we can write it as 1/12.
To find out how many of the items are mushroom caps, we need to subtract the number of veggie burgers and corn cobs from the total. So, 12 (total items) - 3 (veggie burgers) - 1 (corn cobs) = 8 mushroom caps.
Therefore, the fraction of barbecued items that are mushroom caps is 8 out of 12, which can be simplified to 2/3.