document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1098685>Question 1098685</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Phoebe decided she wanted to buy pizza for her friends and herself to eat at her birthday<BR>\n" );
document.write( "party. The three most popular toppings chosen were Meat Lovers, Supreme, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hawaiian. If the ratio of Meat Lovers pizzas to Supreme pizzas was 3:2.4, and the ratio of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hawaiian pizzas to Supreme pizzas was 1:2, what is the least number of pizzas Phoebe<BR>\n" );
document.write( "could have ordered? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The three most popular toppings chosen were Meat Lovers, Supreme, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Hawaiian.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the ratio of Meat Lovers pizzas to Supreme pizzas was 3:2.4,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = the 1st multiplier<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = no. of Meat Lovers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4x = no. of Supremes<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the ratio of  Hawaiian pizzas to Supreme pizzas was 1:2,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y = 2nd multiplier<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1y = no. Hawaiian pizza's<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = no. of Supremes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = 2.4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2.4x/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 1.2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2x = no. of Hawaii pizzas<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4x = no. of Supremes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = no. of Meat lovers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the minimum value for x that will make all the numbers integers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(5) = 15 Meatlovers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4(5) = 12 Supremes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2(5) = 6 Hawaiian<BR>\n" );
document.write( ":<BR>\n" );
document.write( " what is the least number of pizzas Phoebe  could have ordered?  15, 12, 6  </SPAN>\n" );
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