SOLUTION: You ate three of the eight pizza slices and you paid $3.30 as the share of the cost. How much did the whole pizza cost? Write an equation and solve

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Question 891001: You ate three of the eight pizza slices and you paid $3.30 as the share of the cost. How much did the whole pizza cost? Write an equation and solve


Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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You ate three of the eight pizza slices and you paid $3.30 as the share of the cost. How much did the whole pizza cost? Write an equation and solve
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Let cost of the whole pizza be "x"::
Equation:
(3/8)x = 3.30
x = 8*1.10
x = $8.80
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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