Question

At pizza Pi, 8% of the pizzas made last week had extra cheese. If 2 pizzas had extra cheese, how many pizzas in all were made last week?

Answer 1

`25\ pizzas`

Explanation:

we know that

2 pizzas that had extra cheese represent 8% of the total of pizzas

so

by proportion

Find the number of total pizzas

`(2)/(8\%)=(x)/(100\%)\\ \\x=100*2/8\\ \\x=25\ pizzas`