It depends if Ashley was on the call for seconds too,if there can be a remainder , if so then it would be 3 min. and 47 sec.
The lowest common denominator is lcm(5, 3), which is 15.
The sum of 2/5 + 5/3 + 9/3 is 6/15 + 25/15 + 45/15, which is 76/15 or
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3/4+2/6+1/2 = 9/12+4/12+6/12 = 19/12 Brendan has 1 7/12 leftover pizzas. THis is achieved by multiplying for a common denominator and adding
19/12-2/3 = 19/12-8/12 = 11/12 Brendan has 11/12 more pizzas than Steve.
(x + a)/(ax) = b/x
a= 2
b = 5
(x + 2) /(2x) = 5/x
cross multiply
x * (x+2) = (2x)*5
x^2 + 2x = 10x
x^2 - 8x = 0
x ( x -8) = 0
We get two solutions
x = 0, 8
the solution 0 is extraneous
the solution 8 is valid.