document.write( "Question 1203956: Jeff, Tom, and Chelsea order a large pizza. They decide to split the cost according to how much they will eat. Tom pays $5.16, Chelsea eats 1/8 of the pizza, and Jeff eats 1/2 of the pizza. How much did the pizza cost? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jeff, Tom, and Chelsea order a large pizza. They decide to split the cost according to how much they will eat. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let the pizza cost be \"x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Tom pays $\"5.16\"
\n" ); document.write( "Chelsea eats \"1%2F8\" of the pizza, => have to pay \"%281%2F8%29x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and Jeff eats \"1%2F2\" of the pizza,=> have to pay \"%281%2F2%29x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=5.16%2B%281%2F8%29x%2B%281%2F2%29x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=5.16%2B%285x%29%2F8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x-5x%2F8=5.16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8x%2F8-5x%2F8=5.16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2F8=5.16\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x=5.16%2A8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x=41.28\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=41.28%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=13.76\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the pizza cost $\"13.76\"\r
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