SOLUTION: The Pie Shop sells pies cut into 4 slices. Tom is buying pies for his kids and their friends, and thinks these slices are too big for them. He plans to cut each slice in half, and

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Question 953231: The Pie Shop sells pies cut into 4 slices. Tom is buying pies for his kids and their friends, and thinks these slices are too big for them. He plans to cut each slice in half, and give each kid one of these half-slices. If he has 6 kids and they have a total of 8 friends, how many whole pies should he buy, and how many extra slices should he buy?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+6+%2B+8+=+14+ kids and friends
Instead of each kid getting +1%2F4+ of a pie,
each kid gets +%281%2F2%29%2A%281%2F4%29+=+1%2F8+ of a pie
+14%2A%281%2F8%29+=+7%2F4+
+7%2F4+=+1+%2B+3%2F4+
He needs to buy a whole pie plus 3/4 of a pie