Question

A group of 15 people orders 9 pizzas for a party.If the pizzas are shared equally what fraction of a pizza would each person get?

Answer 1

1 and 2/3 of a pizza

Explanation:

Answer 2

Each person would get
`(3)/(5)`fraction of a pizza.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of pizzas ordered by group of 15 people= 9 pizzas

Pizza are shared equally.

To Find:

Fraction of a pizza would each person get=?

Solution:

Let the fraction of pizza each person gets = K

`\text{{Fraction of a pizza would each person get}}=\frac{\text{{numberof pizza available}}}{\text{{total number of people}}}`

`\text{{Fraction of pizza each person gets}}=(9)/(15)`

Substituting the values,

`K=(3)/(5)`