SOLUTION: Rahim, Melvin, Norman and Pramesh shared a pizza.
The ratio of the pizza eaten by Melvin to the total eaten by the rest of them was 1:4.
The ratio of the pizza eaten by Rahim to
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The ratio of the pizza eaten by Melvin to the total eaten by the rest of them was 1:4.
The ratio of the pizza eaten by Rahim to
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Question 1184559: Rahim, Melvin, Norman and Pramesh shared a pizza.
The ratio of the pizza eaten by Melvin to the total eaten by the rest of them was 1:4.
The ratio of the pizza eaten by Rahim to the total eaten by the rest of them was 1:3.
Norman and Pramesh ate the same amount of pizza.
Find the ratio of the pizza eaten by Rahim the pizza eaten by Melvin to the pizza
eaten by Norman. Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
(1) The ratio of the pizza eaten by Melvin to the total eaten by the rest of them was 1:4.
That means Melvin ate 1/(1+4) = 1/5 of the pizza.
(2) The ratio of the pizza eaten by Rahim to the total eaten by the rest of them was 1:3.
That means Rahim ate 1/(1+3) = 1/4 of the pizza.
(3) Norman and Pramesh ate the same amount of pizza.
Together Melvin and Rahim ate (1/5)+1/4) = (4/20)+(5/20) = 9/20 of the pizza, so 11/20 was left for Norman and Pramesh. So Norman and Pramesh each ate 11/40 of the pizza.
Rahim: 1/4 = 10/40 of the pizza
Melvin: 1/5 = 8/40 of the pizza
Norman: 11/40 of the pizza
