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tony ordered 3 pizzas for a party. each person at the party ate 1/6 of a pizza. there was no pizza left over. how many people were at the party?

User Icon for drwls drwls answered
15 years ago

Let N be the number of people at the party and P be the number of pizzas ordered.

P = 3
N/6 = P
N = 6P = 18

Check: 18 people eating 1/6 pizza each is 3 pizzas.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find out how many people were at the party, we need to divide the total amount of pizza consumed by the amount each person ate.

Since Tony ordered 3 pizzas, the total amount of pizza available at the party is 3 pizzas.

Each person ate 1/6 of a pizza. To determine the number of people who ate 1/6 of a pizza, we divide the total amount of pizza available by the amount each person ate.

3 pizzas / (1/6 of a pizza) = 3 * (6/1) = 18

Therefore, there were 18 people at the party.