A group of 15 people orders 9 pizzas for a party.If the pizzas are shared equally what fraction of a pizza would each person get?

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asked May 18, 2020 201k views

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Tomas Voracek · Answer 1 · 2020-05-25T02:01:59+0000

Answer:

Each person would get
(3)/(5) fraction of a pizza.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of pizzas ordered by group of 15 people= 9 pizzas

Pizza are shared equally.

To Find:

Fraction of a pizza would each person get=?

Solution:

Let the fraction of pizza each person gets = K

$\text{{Fraction of a pizza would each person get}}=\frac{\text{{numberof pizza available}}}{\text{{total number of people}}}$

$\text{{Fraction of pizza each person gets}}=(9)/(15)$

Substituting the values,

K=(3)/(5)