Ethan had 7 of his friends over. He ordered cheese pizzas and mozzarella sticks for the 8 of them. In all, there were 64 pieces of food. If each person had 5 slices of pizza, find the number of mozzarella sticks each person ate.

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The seven friends all eat a total of 7 x 5 = <<7*5=35>>35 slices of pizza together.
Ethan therefore ate 35 + 5 = <<35+5=40>>40 mozzarella sticks.
The other 7 friends together ate 64 - 40 = <<64-40=24>>24 mozzarella sticks.
The 7 friends therefore ate 24/7 = <<24/7=3.4285714285714284>>3.4285714285714284 mozzarella sticks each. Answer: \boxed{3}.