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Chef Rita is cooking for a Sunday brunch. She knows that 22 pancakes can feed 8 people. She is wondering how many people she can feed with 55 pancakes. She assumes each person eats the same quantity of pancakes.

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Number who can eat 55  =  (8 * 55) / 22  = ( 8 * 5) / 2   = 40/2 = 20 people 
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