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A party was organised for thirty people at which they could have either a hamburger or a pizza. If there were five times as many hamburgers as pizzas, calculate the number of each.

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Pizza =5
Hamburgers = 25

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let pizza = x
hamburgers is 5 times pizza therefore is 5x
5x + x = 30
6x=30
x=5

Pizza =5
Hamburgers = 25
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