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Mitchell bought a pizza to share with his friends. He gave 1/4 to Julie and 1/6 to Margie and 1/3 to Kevin. And ate the rest to himself . Who ate more of the pizza the boys or the girls

User Umar Tariq
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First let us solve he part of pizza Mitchell ate

Mitchell = 1 – ¼ - 1/6 -1/3

Mitchell = ¼ is part was left to Mitchell

The part boys ate = ¼ + 1/3

= 7/12

The part girls ate = ¼ + 1/6

= 5/12

So the boys ate more pizza

User Nathan Day
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