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Ella has a cake cut intoeighths. If each personeats 1/4 of the cake. HOWmany people can eatcake?

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If each person eat one quarte (1/4) of the cake, this means that only 4 people can eat from one cake, as:


\begin{gathered} n\cdot(1)/(4)=1 \\ n=1\cdot(4)/(1) \\ n=4 \end{gathered}

Each person eats 2 pieces of 1/8 of the cake, as 2*1/8=2/8=1/4.

Answer: 4 people can eat cake.

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