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mary ate 4/6 of his pizza and luis ate 5/6 of his pizza.mart ate more pizza than luis. how is that possible?

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Mary's pizza was larger than Luis'.

Let's say Mary's pizza was 12 inches, and Luis' was 6 inches.

4/6 of 12 is 8 and 5/6 of 6 is 5.

Mary would've eaten 8 inches of pizza and Luis would've eaten 5.
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