You bought 3 boxes of regular pizza, which are sliced into 8 pieces each, for your basketball team. After eating with your teammates, there were 1 slice left in the first box, 3 slices in the second box, and 2 slices in the third box. If you decide to put the remaining slices of pizza in one box only, what part of a whole pizza have you created?

You bought 3 boxes of regular pizza, which are sliced into 8 pieces each, for your basketball team. After eating with your teammates, there were 1 slice left in the first box, 3 slices in the second box, and 2 slices in the third box. If you decide to put the remaining slices of pizza in one box only, what part of a whole pizza have you created?

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 12PT: A community baseball stadium has 10 seats in the first row, 13 seats in the second row, 16 seats in...

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