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Which real-world scenario can be described by the algebraic expression

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buying pizzas and giving 8p pizzas to each of 8 friends
buying 8 pizzas each of which has p slices
buying p pizzas and giving 8 slices to a friend
buying p pizzas and dividing them among 8 people

User Tim Wilder
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Answer:

buying p pizzas and dividing them among 8 people

Explanation:

imaging the p being the pizza and the 8 being people

and then you have ????? pizzas

User Nick Rameau
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Answer:

D) buying
p pizzas and dividing them among 8 people

Explanation:

Question:

Which real-world scenario can be described by the algebraic expression p/8 ?

buying pizzas and giving 8p pizzas to each of 8 friends

buying 8 pizzas each of which has p slices

buying p pizzas and giving 8 slices to a friend

buying p pizzas and dividing them among 8 people

Solution:

The expression given is:


(p)/(8)

The expression shows that a quantity
p is divided into 8 parts or among 8 people.

The statement which best represents the expression is :

buying p pizzas and dividing them among 8 people

For the above real world scenario a total of
p pizzas are bought and then it is divided among 8 people.

Thus, share of pizza for each person can be represented by the expression:


(p)/(8)

This algebraic expression describes the above real world scenario.

User Wilmer
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