how much will the pizza cost

Question

three friends each bought two slices of pizza and a drink at the mall. if drinks cost 0.75, and the total of their order was 11.25, how much did one slice of pizza cost

Answer 1

Hi Sarish! Here is a breakdown of how I would tackle this problem,

If there are 3 friends and each of them bought 2 slices of pizza and 1 drink, that would mean there are 6 slices and 3 drinks total. The total cost was $11.25.

If one drink cost $0.75, then 3 drinks would cost $2.25.

We would subtract the total cost $11.25 by the cost of drinks ($2.25), and get $9.00 left over.

Now, since there were 6 slices of pizza total and we only have $9 left, we just divide $9 by 6 slices and get $1.50. This means each slice of pizza was $1.50.

Hope this made sense!

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