Question

A group of eight friends is ordering pizza for dinner. There are eight slices of pizza in a pizza pie and each friend has one slice. One pizza pie costs $\$12$ and the friends decide to split the bill. How many dollars should each person pay

Answer 1

1.5

Explanation:

Since the friends split the pizza evenly, the cost should be evenly distributed among them and each person should pay for $\frac{1}{8}$ of the bill. We get $$\$12\cdot\frac{1}{8}=\frac{\$12}{8}=\$1.50.$$Therefore, each person should pay $\boxed{1.50}$ dollars for the pizza.

Answer 2

Each person would pay $1.5

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Total number of pizza slice = 8

Total number of friends = 8

Each friend had a slice of pizza.

Total bill = $12

Dollars each person should pay =

`=\frac{\text{Total bill}}{\text{Total number of persons}}\\\\=(12)/(8)\\\\=\$1.5`

Thus, each person would pay $1.5