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Write and solve an equation to answer the question. You ate three of the eight pizza slices and you paid $\$ 3.30$ as your share of the cost. How much did the whole pizza cost?
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According to the problem, you ate 3 out of 8 slices of the pizza and paid $3.30 for it. This means that 3/8 of the total cost of the pizza is $3.30. We can write this as an equation: \[ \frac{3}{8}x = 3.30 \] Show more…
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