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The sentence in active voice is: **"Jimmy ate all the pies that were at the contest."**
However, if you are looking for the most clearly active construction, it would be more concise without the passive clause. The correct identification of the active voice would actually be, "Jimmy ate all the pies."
Active voice focuses on the subject performing the action, while passive voice emphasizes the action being done to the subject. The key to identifying active voice in the provided sentences is recognizing that "Jimmy" is the subject doing the action of eating.