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Mathematical Reasoning Drill 6, Problem 4. Which of the following would be the new expression that gives the number of pizza slices available to each person?
Transcript
- 00:03
Shmoopy question coming your way in three… two… one…
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Papa John is hosting Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, his family always pressures
- 00:12
him into serving pizza, so the turkey has ended up in the garbage. Again.
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Papa John expects to have x number of guests,
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y number of pizzas will be ordered, each with 8 slices.
Full Transcript
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The number of pizza slices for every person would be 8y over x.
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If it turns out later that two more guests come by for dinner,
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but the number of pizzas remains the same…
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…which of the following would be the new expression that gives the number of pizza
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slices available to each person?
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And here are the potential answers...
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So… what is this question asking?
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Well, it’s just about the carbs, really.
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We’re getting less pizza when these interlopers – uninvited Turkey-day crashers – show up.
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The ratio is just pizzas to people and we’ve added 2 people…
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…so we can add a 2 to the x part below and get the right equation – answer is C.
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As in… “Carbo-loading.”
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