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At the end of the day, a bakery had 2/3 of a pie left over. The employees decided to split the

leftovers equally, and each took home 1/6 of a pie. How many employees were at the
bakery?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
un employees

User Iammehrabalam
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Answer: 4 employees

1/6x = 2/3; reciprocal of 1/6 is 6 & multiply both side

x = 4
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