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Mateo ate 3/8 of a pizza, which was a total of 510 calories of food. Which equation can be used to determine the total number of calories in the entire pizza?

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Usually a pizza has 8 slices. 3/8 of 8 = 3.
So eating 3 pieces was 510 calories. Divide 510/3.
510/3 = 170.
Then there are 8 pieces of pizza.
170 * 8 = 1360
There are 1360 calories in the pizza.

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(510/3) x 8 should give you the answer you're looking for
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