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5. The pizzeria chefs want to box up the leftover pizza in as few boxes as possible. A box can hold a whole pizza, whether it is rectangular or round. How can the leftovers be boxed up as efficiently as possible? Explain your solution.

5. The pizzeria chefs want to box up the leftover pizza in as few boxes as possible-example-1
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Given:

The gray, shaded areas represent the amount of pizzas that were eaten

So, the remaining pizzas will be as follows:

Round pizzas:


\begin{gathered} (1)/(2)+(7)/(8)+(1)/(4)+(5)/(8)=((1)/(2)+(1)/(4))+((7)/(8)+(5)/(8))=((2)/(4)+(1)/(4))+(12)/(8) \\ =(2)/(4)+(1)/(4)+(6)/(4)=(9)/(4)=2(1)/(4) \end{gathered}

Rectangular pizzas:


(4)/(8)+(3)/(8)+(3)/(4)=(4)/(8)+(3)/(8)+(6)/(8)=(13)/(8)=1(5)/(8)

The pizzeria chefs want to box up the leftover pizza in as few boxes as possible. A box can hold a whole pizza, whether it is rectangular or round

So, we need 3 boxes for the round pizzas

and 2 boxes for rectangular pizzas

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