Question

Order 56 Pizza for a school funding. Of the pizza order 2/7 was pepper 19 were cheese and the rest were veggie. What fraction Of the pizza was veggie?

Answer 1

According to the given question, 2/7 of the pizza order were pepper, it means that:

`56\cdot(2)/(7)=16`

16 of the pizzas were pepper. 19 of them were cheese and the rest veggie.

It means that the rest is:

`56-16-19=21`

21 pizzas were veggie. It means that the fraction of the pizza that was veggie is:

`(21)/(56)=(3)/(8)`

The answer is 3/8.