SOLUTION: A group of boys ordered several pizzas for the weekend. When the first evening was over, the following amounts of pizza were left over: 1/4 of the pepperoni pizza, 1/2 of the chees

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Question 1131301: A group of boys ordered several pizzas for the weekend. When the first evening was over, the following amounts of pizza were left over: 1/4 of the pepperoni pizza, 1/2 of the cheese pizza, 3/4 of the mushroom pizza and 1/2 of the supreme pizza. The next morning, each boy ate 1/4 of a pizza for breakfast. If they finished the pizza, how many boys were there?
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Let +n+ = the number of boys
+%281%2F4%29%2An+=+1%2F4+%2B+1%2F2+%2B+3%2F4+%2B+1%2F2+
+%281%2F4%29%2An+=+1%2F4+%2B+2%2F4+%2B+3%2F4+%2B+2%2F4+
+n+=+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+%2B+2+
+n+=+8+
There were 8 boys