Question

Ai shares 32 ounces of pineapple equally among herself and 7 friends. Each person leaves behind 0.5 ounces of pineapple. How many ounces did each person eat?

Answer 1

Each person ate 3.5 ounces of pineapple.

Explanation:

Well, since she shares the 32 ounces of pineapple between herself AND 7 friends, the 32 ounces of pineapple were split between 8 people, therefore each person got 4 ounces each. Since they all leave 0.5 ounces of pineapple behind, that means we would multiply the leftovers by the amount of people that left behind 0.5 ounces. Giving our equation 8(0.5) which equals to 4 ounces total that was left behind. so we take that and subtract it from our original amount, 32. Giving our second equation 32-4=x. x = 28. Divide that by 8 giving us 3.5. That means that each person ate 3.5 ounces of pineapple.

Answer 2

Ai shared 32 ounces of pineapple equally among herself and 7 friends, which means there were a total of 8 people eating the pineapple.
Each person left behind 0.5 ounces of pineapple, so the total amount of pineapple that was left behind was 8 * 0.5 = <<8*0.5=4>>4 ounces.
The total amount of pineapple that was eaten by the 8 people was 32 ounces - 4 ounces = <<32-4=28>>28 ounces.
Thus, each person ate 28 ounces / 8 people = <<28/8=3.5>>3.5 ounces of pineapple. Answer: 3.5 ounces