Owen bought 4 pizzas for a class party. If each person ate 1/5 of a pizza, how many people could be served? Division and multipl

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NeX [460] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-22T02:34:59+03:00

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Answer:

20 people

Step-by-step explanation:

Let n represent the number of people served. If each ate 1/5 of a pizza and there are 4 pizzas, we have ...

(1/5)·n = 4

The solution can be found by multiplying both sides of the equation by 5.

5(1/5)n = 5(4)

n = 20

20 people could be served.