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At the end of the day, a bakery had 5/8 of a pie left over. The 5 employees each took home the same amount of leftover pie. How much pie did each employee take home?

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Answer:

Amount of pie each employee take = 1/8 pie

Explanation:

Given:

Total of left over = 5/8 Pie

Total employees = 5

Find:

Amount of pie each employee take

Computation:

Amount of pie each employee take = (Total of left over)(1/Total employees)

Amount of pie each employee take = (5/8)(1/5)

Amount of pie each employee take = 1/8 pie

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