At a pie eating contest sam ate 12 1/2 pies in 3 3/4 minutes. How many pies did he eat in a minute?

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Let Me See · Answer 1 · 2020-11-25T18:44:43+0000

Answer:

$\text { Sam ate } 3 (1)/(3) \text { pies in one minute. }$

Explanation:

$\text { At a pie eating contest sam ate }=12 (1)/(2) \text { pies in } 3 (3)/(4) \text { minutes }$

$12 (1)/(2) \text { it means } (25)/(2)$

$3 (3)/(4) \text { it means } (15)/(4)$

Let x be the number of pies ate in one minute.

$\text { He ate } (25)/(2) \text { pies in } (15)/(4) \text { minutes. }$

We need to find x pies in 1 minute.

Now we can find number pies x

$(25)/(2) \text { pies }=(15)/(4) \text { minutes }$

x pies = 1 minute

By cross multiplying we get,

(25)/(2) * 1=(15)/(4) * x

x=(25 * 4)/(2 * 15)

$\text { The number pies ate in one minute }=(100)/(30)$

$\text { The number pies ate in one minute }=(10)/(3)$

$\text { He spend time on eating each pie }=3 (1)/(3) \text { pies }$

$\text { Therefore, sam ate } 3 (1)/(3) \text { pies in one minute. }$