Question

You are throwing a pizza party for 15 people and figure that each person will eat 4 slices. You call the pizza place and learn that each pizza will cost you $14.75 and it will be cut into 12 slices. How much is the pizza for this party going to cost you? Give the answer to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Answer:

15 people x 4 slices so you’ll need 60 pieces

60/12(the amount of slices per pizza) =5

You need 5 pizzas. $14.78 x 5 = 73.90.

Explanation:

the answer is that one 73.90 is rounded nearest cent : ) took me a while to get it

Answer 2

Answer:

the cost of pizza for 15 people is $73.9

Explanation:

a pizza party for 15 and each person will eat 4 slices.

meaning the 15 people will eat 4 x 15 = 60 slices

Since each pizza will cost you $14.78 and will be cut into 12 slices.

`1 pizza = 12 slices = $ 14.78

60 slices = (14.78 x 60) / 12  = 886.8 /12 = $73.9the cost of pizza for 15 people is $73.9