Ms. Phillips ordered 56 pizzas for a school fundraiser. Of the pizzas ordered, $2/7$ of them were pepperoni, 19 were cheese, and the rest were veggie pizzas. What fraction of the pizzas were veggie?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-04T02:04:15

$3/8$

$"Total pizzas = 56"$

$"Pepperoni pizzas" = 2/7 × 56 = 16$

$"Cheese pizzas" = 19$

$"Veggie pizzas" = 56 - (16 + 19) = 21$

Let’s say $"x"$ fraction of total pizzas were veggie.

$"x of 56" = 21$

$"x" = 21/56 = 3/8$

∴ $3/8$ of total pizzas were veggie

Ms. Phillips ordered 56 pizzas for a school fundraiser. Of the pizzas ordered, 2/72/7 of them were pepperoni, 19 were cheese, and the rest were veggie pizzas. What fraction of the pizzas were veggie?