Question

John can eat a sixth of a pizza in two minutes. It takes 3 minutes for Billy to eat one quarter of the same pizza. If John and Billy start eating one pizza each, who will finish first?

Answer 1

It takes John and Billy 12 minutes, and they will finish at the same time.

Explanation:

In one pizza, there are 6 sixths and John will take .

2 × 6 = 12 minutes to finish one pizza

In one pizza, there are 4 quarters and Billy will take .

3 × 4 = 12 minutes to finish one pizza.

It takes each one of them 12 minutes and they will finish at the same time.

Answered by: ms115

Answer 2

They both will finish at the same time.

Explanation:

John can finish
`(1)/(6)` of the pizza in 2 minutes.

2 minutes --->
`(1)/(6)`

1 minutes ---> 0.833

Billy can finish
`(1)/(4)` of the pizza in 3 minutes.

3 minutes ---> 0.25

1 minutes ---> 0.0833

Therefore, they both shall finish at the same time.