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jenna ate 1/8 of a pizza. Mark ate 1/6 of another pizza. The pizzas are the same size, which statement correctly compares the amount of pizza that was eaten?

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For this case we have that both pizzas are the same size, we want to know who of the two ate more pizza.

For this, we compare both fractions:


\frac {1} {8} * \frac {3} {3} = \frac {3} {24}\\\frac {1} {6} * \frac {4} {4} = \frac {4} {24}

We observed that:


\frac {4} {24}> \frac {3} {24}

Therefore, Mark ate more pizza than Jenna

Answer:

Mark ate more pizza than Jenna


\frac {1} {6}> \frac {1} {8}


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