Question

At the party, Aisha and her friends ate 2 1/2 pizzas. After the party, there were 1 1/8 pizzas left. How many pizzas were there at the start of the party?

Answer 1

`3(5)/(8)` pizzas were there at the start of the party.

Explanation:

At the party let number of pizzas were = x

Aisha and her friends ate
`2(1)/(2)` pizzas after which
`1(1)/(8)` pizzas were left.

Therefore the equation formed will be

`x-2(1)/(2)=1(1)/(8)`

x - (5/2) = 9/8

x = 9/8 + 5/2

x = 29/8 =
`3(5)/(8)`

Therefore
`3(5)/(8)` pizzas were there at the start of the party.