SOLUTION: 4 friends evenly divided up an n slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate 1 fewer slice than he received

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Question 1208310: 4 friends evenly divided up an
n slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate
1 fewer slice than he received
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, timofer:
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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4 friends evenly divided up an
n slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate
1 fewer slice than he received
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Very intriguing.

I think,  a continuation will/should follow,  since the problem in the post is incomplete.



Answer by timofer(105) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You did not give the question.

Each friend is given n%2F4 slices, and Harris ate n%2F4-1 slices.