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ms phillips ordered 56 pizzas for a schooo fundraiser 2/7 of them were pepperoni 19 were cheese and the rest is veggie pizzas what fraction of the pizza was veggie?
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ms phillips ordered 56 pizzas for a schooo fundraiser 2/7 of them were pepperoni 19 were cheese and the rest is veggie pizzas what fraction of the pizza was veggie?

User Mehdi Nellen
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20 or 21 depending on how you do it because 2/7 of 59 is 16.8571429 so i don't know weather you round up or down
User Naveed Sheriffdeen
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Pepperoni pizza = 2/7 * 56 = 2 * 8 = 16
So, Veggie Pizza = 56 - 16 - 19 = 56 - 35 = 21

Fraction of veggie pizza = 21/56 = 3/8

In short, Your Answer would be 3/8

Hope this helps!
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