Justin, Joanna and Jack are sharing a large pizza for dinner. The pizza has been cut into 12 equalpieces. Justin would like 13 of the pizza, Joanna would like 14 of the pizza and Jack will eat whatever isremaining. By considering equivalent fractions, determine how many slices each person gets served
Question
Justin, Joanna and Jack are sharing a large pizza for dinner. The pizza has been cut into 12 equalpieces. Justin would like 13 of the pizza, Joanna would like 14 of the pizza and Jack will eat whatever isremaining. By considering equivalent fractions, determine how many slices each person gets served
Solution
First, let's determine how many slices each person gets based on the fractions given.
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Justin wants 1/3 of the pizza. Since the pizza is divided into 12 slices, we multiply 1/3 by 12. This gives us 4 slices.
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Joanna wants 1/4 of the pizza. Again, since the pizza is divided into 12 slices, we multiply 1/4 by 12. This gives us 3 slices.
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Jack will eat whatever is remaining. To find out how many slices are left for Jack, we subtract the slices that Justin and Joanna have from the total number of slices. So, 12 - 4 (Justin's slices) - 3 (Joanna's slices) = 5 slices.
So, Justin gets 4 slices, Joanna gets 3 slices, and Jack gets 5 slices.
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