jack and jill made some pies to sell for a fundraiser. Jack made three pieces. Of each pie was cut into eight pieces, and they had a total of 72 pieces to sell, how many pies did jill make

Answer 1

I think there is a small error in the problem. The second sentence says Jack made 3 pieces. I think Jack actually made 3 pies. I will set up the problem as such.

Let 3 = number of pies Jack made.

y = number of pies Jill made.

Then 3 (8) + y (8) = 72

24 + 8y = 72

8y = 48

y = 6 pies