There were 6 pizza pies at the summer barbeque at Gioia's house. She shares the pizza with her 7 friends. If all 8 get the same amount of pizza, how much pizza can each person have?

Respuesta :

Each person get 1 1/7

Answer:

Hence, the number of pizza each person can have is:

                      3/4

Step-by-step explanation:

As there were total of 6 pizza pies at the summer barbeque at Gioia's house.

and this pizza is to be distributed among each of the 8 friends equally.

This means that the amount of pizza is each person gets is equal to the ratio of number of pizza to the total number of person.

i.e. Number of pizza each person can have is calculated as:

          [tex]\dfrac{6}{8}=\dfrac{3}{4}[/tex]