Scotty and Tyler are training for a pizza-eating contest. They are trying to eat 6 pizzas in total. So far, Scotty has eaten 2 3/4 pizzas and Tyler has eaten 1 7/8 pizzas. How much more pizza do they have left to eat?

Respuesta :

The answer is 1 3/8 pizza is left to eat for Scotty and Tyler.

Answer:

They are left with [tex]1\frac{3}{8}[/tex] pizza to eat.

Step-by-step explanation:

Scotty and Tyler are trying to eat 6 pizzas in total.

Sotty has eaten = [tex]2\frac{3}{4}[/tex] Pizzas

Tyler has eaten = [tex]1\frac{7}{8}[/tex] Pizzas

Total pizza eaten by them = [tex]2\frac{3}{4}[/tex] Pizzas + [tex]1\frac{7}{8}[/tex] Pizzas

= [tex]\frac{11}{4}[/tex] + [tex]\frac{15}{8}[/tex]

= [tex]\frac{37}{8}[/tex]

Total pizza was eaten =  [tex]4\frac{5}{8}[/tex]

Pizza have left to eat = 6 - [tex]4\frac{5}{8}[/tex]

                                   = 6 - [tex]\frac{37}{8}[/tex]

                                   = [tex]\frac{11}{8}[/tex]

                                  =  [tex]1\frac{3}{8}[/tex]

They are left with [tex]1\frac{3}{8}[/tex] pizza to eat.

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