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Ben, Rob, Kelly, Carla and Manu organised a pizza party for their business group, They ordered one vegetarian, one cheese, and one Nutella pizza. After the party, three-fourths of vegetarian pizza, five-eights of cheese pizza, and 11/12 of

Nutella pizza are remaining. Once all guests left, they decided to split the pizza equally among themselves, what
fraction of the whole pizza does each person get?

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Answer:

11/24 ths each

Explanation:

Add the portions left...then divide by the five of them

3/4 + 5/8 + 11/12 = ? must find common denominator (24) and convert

(18 + 15+22) / 24 = 55/24 now divide by 5 (which is the same as mult by 1/5)

55/24 * 1/5 = 55/120 now simplify to 11/24

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